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 ...

San Sebastian is a wicked old town, literally full of tapas restaurants, bars and little shops. Our hostel was right in the middle of it all, it was ridiculously loud at night, but nothing wine and ear plugs can't handle. They have all these tapas laid out on the bars and you pick the ones that look good.... sometimes ...

... br><br>Our afternoon is on a tour of the local Basque town of Bayonne. The centre of the city is a walled fortress with a draw bridge, not working, but with all the weights and lines still there. The homes are now apartments with stores on the mail floors. We visit the Cathedral Ste. Marie built in the 13th century. Inside there is a woman with information on the pilgrimage from here to Santiago Compostiala ...

salut tout le monde!!!!! je pars aujourdhui pour lespagne voir mes fameux tauraux, jai vraiment hate de voir ca!!! ca va etre malade apres je vais continuer mon chemin vers lisbonne au portugal pour quelque jour!! on a reussis a avoir 2 jours coller de super beau temps ici tse juste bon pour ameliorer mon batard de coup de soleil, ouin ici cest pas comme au quebec le soleil est fort en crisse!! hier jen ...

... can be seen over brick walls or through iron gates they are overlooked by blackened oak verandahs and are a tangle of hollyhocks, briar roses and decaying angelic fountains. It's a very textural town. Strolling down the old streets you can buy a wooden pitchfork, or artesianal goat cheese, hand-made lace, Asturian cider, the local brandy flavoured with herbs or honey, or a rabbit fur cat basket. Because we'd overdone it a bit on lunch we ordered a simple tabla de quesos to share ...

... Spanish type place (I was still in France but it has much Spanish influence)and ordered a beef dish with a side salad..well that's what it said anyway and I would include a picture for full effect of what this actually was but it was by far the greasiest meal EVER! to eat in France healthily or is it healthfully? is next to impossible but I have to start man.<br><br>So I met up with a couple of Kiwi´s and an Aussie in my room and we ...