Journey From Ibiza

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Ibiza - Bilbao - San Sebastian - Santander - Ibiza
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Death by Pintxos

You probably gather that this is a real journey and not one of those journeys that contestants on reality TV shows make. Whether it be Big Brother, The Apprentice, America's Next Top Model or Britain's Got Talent, the rule is that the winner has to make a 'journey' to get anywhere.

Any road, as I had a few days holiday to play with I had a look at Vueling and Bob's your uncle, booked a flight to Bilbao. When we first went 10 years ago I remarked that to all intents and purposes Bilbao was basically Widnes with the Guggenheim.

However, what I neglected to take into consideration was the wonderful cuisine of the area - Bilbao, not Widnes. So I'm off on culinary tour of Spain's finest food region where the most famous dishes are Pintxos, little morcels of food anchored to a bit of bread with a stick.

San Sebastian is the most well known for this and perhaps the best night of our holiday there was spent in Pintxos bar after Pintxos bar in the old town with our faithful hound Lucy.

The idea probably came from the Saint, San Sebastian, who was ordered killed by arrows by the Romans, but despite ending up looking like a hedgehog he actually survived to be killed another day by some other method which guaranteed future sainthood.

Here's a sample of what I'll be getting (without the arrows)

It promises to be fun, especially as I'll be staying in a university hall of residence which becomes a back packers hostel in August.