William Robitaille

well after spending two months in Spain I am finally back home in Vancouver. I just wanted to thank forum members for advice on places to go eat. This forum has a great amount of information and was a great reference point. Thank you.

I was in San Sebastian just a few weeks ago. Mugaritz is an excellent place and I enjoyed it more than Arzak. I went for a trip to France and visited some wonderful little Basque towns, but i did this because there was a general strike called for that day by the Basque seperatists so not alot was open that day in San Sebastian and I did not regret going. France's border is so close and the town of E'spellete (sp?) is close too...they are famous for thier red dried peppers and the town is very quaint. While you are in San Sebastian go to a cider house just on the outskirts..I had a great time, the food is simple but you get to taste all the cider from the different casks. The one i went too is called Gartziategi. Lot's of good suggestions above from others for pintxos and really exploring the different bars through the old center is part of the charm of San Sebastian. Out by the University there are a few restaurants being opened by younger chefs branching out, one of them is called Agorregl, food was good and a nice looking joint.

thank you all for the ideas.....I am off to San Sebastian for the next 7 days, Bilbao was a blast.

thanks, will give them a try.

I am in Bilbao till the 12th and was wondering if there were any "must eat" places here. Any suggestions would be greatly appretiated.

thanks

so I will be staying in Barcelona for one month and then traveling around for the other month to San Sebastion, Bilboa and a few other places and have a long list of places to eat at but the thing I was wondering if anyone has every done any stage work in Barcelona ( I am a chef) and if they have what was the procedure you used to get the stage. I have never done stage work outside of North America so I am aliitle curious. My Spanish is ok and I am still taking classes to get it more fluent. Any suggestions would be appretiated.