Saying goodbye to San Sebastain and Hello Camino!

It´s our last couple of days in San Sebastain and my highlights have been (in no particular order)...

• NOT quiting Spanish classes (even though it was super hard) and being able to recognise stuff on the menu and being able to order it.

• Discovering frozen food pick n mix at the supermarket.  We got frozen prawns, mussels and spinach.  Best thing EVER!

• Visiting the Science Museum here.  Having a go on a segway and meeting a Spanish version of Dan Plane (complete with orange polo shirt).

• Having a party on the beach with our new friends from class complete with booze and eats from Lidl´s and having a great time for about three euros.

• Getting better at walking up the hill to see Jesus at the top!  

• Meeting Ruberta at church.  This girl is an inspiration.  She has moved here from Brazil and is currently learning Spanish (she speaks Portuguese) and trying to find a job.  She told us about her trip to Australia when she didn´t know a word of English, she ate McDonalds for a week as she only knew numbers and it was easy to order.  But she successfully got to grips with the language and stayed for a year and travelled round.  She gave us lots of encouragement about learning Spainish and suggested we carried around a dictionary with us and look EVERYTHING up and just to keep trying.  We are trying to follow her advice and I know she is probably reading this blog with her English dictionary in hand!
  
  
• Fanatically using my phrase book to communicate with our wonderful host.  Not really sure what I said but she walked out the door and returned with three bottles of unclassified liquor!

• Watching the Simpson in Spainish.  Try it, you´ll like it.

So Sunday we´ll start our walk.  I´ve stopped panicking and decided to take it one step at a time.  Thanks to Jane D our first day won´t be too bad.  We´re staying a refuge she suggested 8 kms out from St Jean pied de port.   

Not sure when we´ll be updating our blog again but all your thoughts, prayers and any other good vibes are much appreciated!

Love you all lots,
Em xxx