Tulip Inn Louisiane 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 ...

... us roll up on our bikes and set up tents next to their RVs outfitted with satellite dishes. I am talking American campsites with all the added amenities one might expect from the far more civilized French. The most recent campsite we stayed at in Saint-Giron-Plage had, I kid you not, a supermarket and bar.

During a full day on the road, we've cycled anywhere from 60-107 kilometers. It seems meager next to Lance's 200K+ days, but we're holding onto ...

... from Bidart (just outside Biarritz) and I'm a bit embarrassed to admit we only did 28 kms today. How can 28 kms hurt THAT much? When I was in my thirties I could do 100kms without a bye or leave, the intervening years have taken their toll. Personally, I'm relying on muscle memory and the fact that if I just go at my pace over the next few weeks I'll build up. The other thing is we're heading towards Pamplona which looks a bit hilly. This is a baptism of ...

Well, I couldn't stay lucky forever. Biarritz is a small town on the coast of southern France and is known for their surfing. I actually really wanted to give it a shot and since they offer lessons for relatively cheap I was really psyched for it. Sadly the weather was **** and there were no waves the 2 days I was there. A little disappointed but still the town was beautiful and ...

... and Portugal, and in his downtime, is a certified clown (yes, he keeps his red nose in his pocket, always). spent the night chatting with some Aussies, a Canadian and a French mother and son, and agreed to hire boards and surf the next day with him and the Canadian, but when we got to the beach, there was no surf to speak of, and no sun, so we took some time to walk all along the coastline and stare across the ocean wondering what everyone from the East Coast is doing?