Mirano Biarritz

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 ...

... 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 ...

... and Miramar was our sandy paradise of choice.
Plage Miramar is accessed by foot, surfing is not allowed and body boarding is restricted, making it the perfect beach for people like us who just love to sunbathe and swim.

A break from the sun...
If you can tear yourself away from the beach, there are plenty of attractions to tempt into town...

Museums ...

... streets until deciding to head into a small tavern. There they served us delicious Spanish food, mostly fried breads filled with meats and cheese. Russell and I loved our food, but Jon came away indifferent. We concluded the night with a stroll home and a stop at an ice-cream stand. We all went to bed shortly thereafter, excited by our arrival in Spain and ready for more! 3v

So we arrived in France and discovered that its not easy to get around when you are trying not to go on the toll roads! So after a quick stop to stock up on 90c bottles of wine, we headed to meet Zeke, Jen, Digger and Paula at Pegasus Bridge via the windy little French roads seriously lacking in sign posts! After seeing some more of the Normandy war bits and pieces we headed to St Mont Michel, the monastery on an island, which we walked out to ...

... pink beanie guy and whispers something into his ear. Kathryn and Pink Beanie and pink sweater guy all start chatting in French and suddenly a huge smile erupts on Kathryn's face. She leans in to convey some crucial information: "They're all gay Sarah." We both turn back around to the crowd and notice that as we've been talking several hoards of young, exceptionally clean looking men have all entered the establishment. I start to smile. Again, we excuse ourselves ...