Hotel Agur Deneri Ciboure

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.

           

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 ...

... only look good. After our first night, we realized they sit out on the bar all day, so who knows how long they sit there. I had a horrible stomac ache after our first night... no wonder. For our second tapas experience, we ordered off the menu and we had Kanguroo Tacos and Shark. It was absolutely delicious.

As for ...

... after they corrected me for using a spanish cuss word in reference to the wooly creatures. Thanks Dad! It is hard to explain the family ranch when the real Spanish-speakers are laughing at you.   One of my new favorite activities is to sit at a bar/restaurant with a café con leche and pretend to read the newspaper. I can actually make out the main points of the Spanish papers. But when it is all Basque I focus on the numbers, names, and pictures. That is a whole ...

... to walk through, especially with the audio guide with his commentary...very interesting!! I thought the impressionist art, especially Matthew Ritchie's "The Heirarchy Problem", was so incredible...the detail and the feeling of being a part of the piece...aaah, I could walk for hours!! They also have a Surrealist Exhibition where I got to see some great Dali and Schiaparelli. I even got to listen to a ...

... bar calls for long-forgotten university skills. The barmen work fast and knowledgeably under a forest of hanging hams with little cone-shaped spikes to catch the dripping fat. The bar top is a daunting array of platters of pintxos - Basque "tapas" nominally balanced on crusty bread but often hanging over both ends. First you order your tipple. Cider is the local drink, crisp, sharp and still, with effervescence added by pouring the last centimetre from great height. Then you order ...

... when we decided to walk back to the hotel to make it back in time for dinner at 8:30. When we got there, I felt a bit underdressed as most everyone in our group were already dressed to go out later that night. We came to dinner dressed in the same clothes we had worn all day and were still sweaty after our long walk. After dinner, we all met down in the hotel lobby where Colin would walk us into the old town and hang out in a bar. Everyone in the group went out tonight ...