Novotel Biarritz Anglet

Tom and Sue took the day to zip to Bilbao (1:45 south of Biarritz) to see the famous Guggenhiem Museum. Wow, what a building!! The exhibits pale in comparison, but still we enjoyed a solid 4 hours at the museum. Afterwards, we drove back to San Sebastian where Sue introduced me to Alona Berri, the ...

I don't really need to tell you what we did do I? Take one part playground, one part beach, and one part sunset and you have a Kramer day in Biarritz.<br><br>            <br>

Judy spent the day with Pierre, a former wrestler and French Olympic wresting coach (he went with the team to Atlanta) who she had met on the train ride a few days ...

We spent the morning touring our recently discovered Bayonne with the kids and Judy continued exploring during the afternoon ...

Another lovely beach day was followed by an evening tour by Tom and Sue of nearby Bayonne, the financial center of Bayonne/Anglet/Biarritz. What a cute town!! It has a beautiful 14th century ...

... we tried to get a lesson from our hostel but they said the instructor wasn´t available. I think he was hungover because I saw him moping around the hostel. We rented boards and head out to Playa Zuricola, tons of surfers were out and the waves look meanacing. Thank god the dude renting the boards told us where the ...

We arrive at Francois and Alain's home just after noon. The GPS gets us there without any problems. They have a beautiful home and lovely gardens with lots of trees and flowers. Francois is on holidays for the week, she is an anesthesiologist at a local clinic/hospital and Alain has been retired for the last couple of years. <br><br>Francois has a collection of over 600 miniature perfume bottles, I have never ...

... the chaos. I see the clientele. I have nothing in common with any of these people. Anyone who would subject themselves to that, let alone enjoy it, I don't want to have anything to do with. Anyway, the coastline has been gorgeous (Tofino meets northern Cali) but it's time to leave. The tourists are really getting to me, not to mention the traffic. Into the hills I go! The Pyranees! Next stop, Pamplona, Spain.

... actually we spent two because the view from our converted barn hotel room, through the apple tree where bees buzzed, over to the valley side dotted with perfect Spanish farmhouses was too enchanting to leave. Strict town planning rules, introduced in 1575, make Santillana feel like a film set. The streets are narrow and smooth cobbled (treacherously rounded smooth not in any way flat smooth). Lanterns hang from ornate iron brackets lighting the shadowy streets. There is a ...

... in the passenger seat and a beer in his hand so needless to say I didn't take him up on the offer. (just an aside... as I am writing this guy who found paper mache deer just sat down!...small world when your travelling) so a few moments later a guy a true beauty of a man pulled up and asked me for a light and if I wanted a ride, now I´m not into long hair or anything but this guy was tres beautiful, had the romance novel look, but ...