Funicular and Food Fun in Spain

Another first, second and third.  How many Los Angelenos have experienced a funicular? Have you tried Angels’ Flight?  Spain has 2 very different funiculars.  San Sebastian’s brought us up overlooking the entire city into a castle that is now an amusement park.  As we rode the decades old creaky mini train up the hillside, and strolled over the top, the views of crashing waves over monoliths and sun bathers was spectacular.  For my third funicular encounter (in Barcelona) it was transportation at its most practical (but more on that later).

Our last day in San Sebastian could be classified as a sensory explosion.  Our final movie was called “Perfect Sense”, an interesting story of what would happen to mankind if an endemnic occurred where people began to slowly and unexplicably lose each sense.  If you can envision how terrible that would be, try imagining what it would be like to experience a sensory-impacted dinner. The meal at Restaurante Illarra was movie magic at its best as we explored each sense with every course specially arranged by the chef at the restaurant.

Also, we have posted a picture of Stan bodysurfing at the Playa la Concha beach that was right outside our hotel, The Londres.  Additionally, you can see one of the great theatres, the Victoria Eugenia, where we saw some of the best new films.  It was originally designed as an opera house and had four balconies around the main stage.