Formule 1 Bayonne

... Pinxos restaurant she, Ev, and Jullie had loved 3 weeks earlier. It was truly amazing and we enjoyed talking with a lovely british couple who now run a B&amp;B in Provence. Judy and the kids had a wet but fun time, as the weather had finally turned south.<br><br>                        <br>

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>

... Dispite the language barriers they had a lovely time exploring the basque country side. What did we do? Why go to the beach, of course!!<br><br>                      <br>

... the kids slept. Tom did a little surfing and another nice sunset was enjoyed during dinner.<br><br>                    <br>

... 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 ...

... the bikes had held up surprisingly well after a bit of off-roading and curb-jumping.   There was an outdoor Christmas market along the river and we strolled through that on our way to the train station. I have been to many markets but none of the booths seem to scream "uniquely basque country!" And if they do seem like it they are usually pretty expensive. So we caught the train back to Hendaia ...

... we ran into some problems. The "bouncer" at the door refused to let me in because my driver's license read's "Date of Birth: 04-09-1990". In France, they write the birthdays in invert. After 5 minutes of the girls arguing in French with him, he was still convinced that I was born on the 4th of September. So, we walked about 1 mile, to another club. The guy at the entrance ...

... as well. At 14h we went into town with Pauline again. This time we were the Scooter Brigade. Yes, those mopeds that we make fun of at home, everyone has them here. We went through some shops in Bayonne. With the bad American Economy, everything costs about $100 for me, so we settled for ice cream. We made it over to the rail station and once again I've got more problems with trains. I needed to make a ...

... Somehow we managed to snag the ONLY campsite left in the FULL caravan park, so we set up, then went to drive back into the town for a feed (BONUS). But they had chained up the gates for the night &amp; their little shop/restaurant was packing up (BOGUS)! Well I spat it (as you all knew I would ... well it was 11pm &amp; we had eaten nothing up a small snack at 1pm!) Anyway, a couple of English guys (Graham &amp; Gary) took pity on us, boiled up some water ...

... by the Nive and joined by five bridges.. I started my sightseeing in Petite Bayonne first walking along the Nive to explore its shops and cafes.. and then to find places of interest.. ie the Basque musée, which was very interesting exibiting Basque agriculture, seafaring , weaving and showing examples of clothes people wore in the past.. and it had a section on Pilote, the Basques national game.. its played with wicker boat shaped vessels and a hard ...