Hotel Paris Madrid 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&B in Provence. Judy and the kids had a wet but fun time, as the weather had finally turned south.

                       

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.

           

... 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!!

                     

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

                   

... cathedral and adorable cobble stone streets. Since it was sunday, the only place open was a small creperie, but we had a nice time nonetheless which Judy watched the kids.

             

Im writing this on the 15th in the moring before i heqd to St. Jean Pied de Port. Arrived via train to Bayonne yesterday. I was supposed to stay with a guy off of couchsurfing but apparently he went out of town and forgot all about the fact i was to arrive. oh well. i found a two star hotel owned by a cute gay couple. the place was just to immaculate and perfect to be owned by ...

... of course, it was two French guys. Coralie says I talk to everyone and am very friendly. But that's a good thing in my book. We walked about two miles back to our car and made it home early that morning. I slept until about 12:30. This was Sunday now and at about 1 we had a huge wonderful rotisserie chicken meal. After lunch, I spent time with Coralie's brother. He is in his ...

... de Bayonne. But, there is nothing I can do about this. It's unfortunate I know. But Coralie's family was more than welcome to allow me to stay an extra day. I just will have a very tight schedule still fitting in Normandie and Amsterdam next week. We came home, had dinner, meat and mashed potatoes, just like back at home. We went out that night with the car, me and 4 girls. We went to a Karaoke bar, yes I ...

... to see the start of Stage 5 ... before the riders come thru, the sponsors vans (the caravan) come past throwing out heaps of goodies. We ended up with quite a stash (it's all in where you stand ... and my Aussie flag & hat help as well!). I even stacked it on the concrete in my haste to chase down a prize. Gotta take on those little French kids you know! Once the riders had gone through, we all decided to head off to the end of Stage 6 on top of a ...

... except la plume ha ha and a few other nouns..but some understood English so I learned a little of the people there... I returned to the Jewish musée, but it was still closed and there was no time table outside so I decided to go to the musée Bonnat..Its an art museum with some of the most beautiful paintings by Leon Bonnat, Goya, Degas who is one of my favourites and El Greco.. I could have spent all day there, but it was hot and I think the air ...