Bordeaux

First stop on my newfound adventure was Bordeaux.

Me and my Kiwi-friend realised that we could stay in a proper nice hotel for the same price that we would normally have to pay for a bunk in a hostel! A nice hotel room cost us 50€, which was 25€ per person. Normally you would have to pay around 25€ for a bed in a dorm room in a hostel. A good deal i might say! 

A little bit of luxury

Cours Victor Hugo

Cathédrale Saint-André

My Kiwi

 That's all from Bordeaux! More coming up soon! Au Revoir!

I'm going on an adventure!

As Bilbo so enthusiastically did it, I decided to have a little spontaneous adventure of my own.

I was living happily in San Sebastian, doing nothing unexpected,
when a girl from New Zealand (coincidence? don't think so.) came to stay in the same house for a couple of days.
Then one day, she said: "I'm going to travel through France, I'm leaving tomorrow".
To that I said: "I'm coming too"!
I had been wanting to travel again for a while but didn't really now where to go and wasn't too keen on going on my own so I saw that my time had come!
So we packed our bags and headed off in the morning!

BBK Live Bilbao

I went to the BBK Live Bilbao music festival on the 11th of July with Stoke Travel. Here's a link to the festival: http://www.bilbaobbklive.com/

There was a bus from the Stoke San Sebastian surf camp to Bilbao at 4pm. We jumped on it, and arrived in Bilbao around 5pm. From there we took a shuttle bus to the actual festival area.

First act we saw was Alt-J which was amazing! Then we went to see Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros which was a band I've never heard of before, but I really liked it! Then it was time for Editors and Depeche Mode.

The pure awesomeness that is Ropey

Stokies chilling on the hill

After all that was the moment I've been waiting for way too long: Biffy Clyro!
Here's some pics I succeeded to snap amongst a lot of jumping and shouting.

"Mon the Biff!"

After Biffy I was so exhausted but sooo happy. Then all that was left was Two Door Cinema Club, which was very good as well! BBK was a great festival and I'm really looking forward to doing it again next year!

San Vino

I attended a Spanish festival called San Vino on the 28-29th of June with Stoke Travel. The point of the festival is just basically throwing red wine at people. Sound ridicilous? It was.

On the 28th of June, we jumped on a Stoke bus from San Sebastian to La Rioja. You could also get a ride from Barcelona. We arrived to the camp site, and just started partying right away. Naturally with unlimited beer and sangria as the Stoke custom is.

My favourite babes xx

The legend himself.

We had a delicious barbecue later on, and then headed to a ridiculous street party that was about 10 minutes walk from the campsite. The people partying were mostly locals because the festival is not very well known amongst tourists. I think that made it even better! When I told people I was from Finland, they got super exited and kept on offering me free drinks! Sweet! The partying went on 'till the morning. Most of us didn't go to bed at all and some slept for like an hour or two. I didn't sleep at all.

These photos don't belong to be, but to Stoke Travel.

In the morning (6am) we had breakfast and the headed to a hill where the actual wine fight was happening. I was walking up the hill, and started to me a bit nervous when I saw the people walking down just absolutely soaked in red wine. When I arrived to the venue, my jaw just fell to the ground. It must have been the most stupid thing I had seen so far. There were people of all ages wearing white clothes (now purple) just pouring red wine on each other. It didn't take long before there was this middle-aged Spanish man pouring a huge bucket of wine on my head. I tried to get back to him but I wasn't very succesful. After just 5 minutes I was absolutely covered in red wine. It was really early in the morning so it was still quite chilly, and being absolutely soaked I was just freezing. It was still so much fun though.

Once again this photos are not taken by me. Didn't want to have my camera covered in red wine.

After we were done, we headed down the hill and towards the campsite. It felt so nice to have a boiling hot shower and to put dry clothes on. After chilling out a while, the busses headed back to San Sebastian and Barcelona.

If you're interested in other festivals Stoke Travel does, check out their website: http://stoketravel.com/