Mi Diario en el Pais Vasco: Donostia-San Sebastian: Zurriola

Fui a surfear a playa Zurriola en Octubre porque el agua tuvo 20 grados. Que es mas del mar de Inglaterra en verano.

(I went surfing at Zurriola beach in October because the water was 20 degrees. Which is more than the English sea in summer.)

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El libro esta en Amazon.

This book is available in English too, as A Basque Diary.

I Love New Brighton. It Has Many Reasons to Be Cheerful

If I didn't live in Lyttelton, I’d probably choose New Brighton (though I would be worried long-term about the threat of sea level rise and tsunamis). New Brighton has a fabulous long sandy beach and a cool modern pier that stretches out into the Pacific. The council had to do a lot of work to repair it after the earthquake and it is due to open to the public again tomorrow.

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New Brighton also has one of the new electric car charging points that are springing up around Christchurch.

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But the thing I like best about new Brighton is the library. You can sit and work in a chair that looks out over the ocean and there is a cafe below whenever you need a break from that.

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