It felt like time had passed this place by, or at least just stopped. We were there on our honeymoon. San Sebastian, Pamplona, Bilbao. Flew to Paris from Singapore in 2016, a few months after we got married. Another flight from CDG to Pamplona, arriving a few days ahead of our bags. There were also busses, lots of busses. We took a bus from Pamplona to San Sebastian and stayed in a wonderful AirBnB right in the center of Old Town, around the corner from one of the best basque cheesecake shops I have ever eaten at.

La Concha looked like a postcard from days gone by. If it were not for an occasional backpack, lawn chair or ballcap, there really was no telling when we were, even though we knew where we were. The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too windy, and our view was bookended by the famous Hotel Londres, and the curving La Concha Bay and Santa Clara Island.