Although our lives are admittedly in the realm of “every day is a holiday”, we did take a week to really be on holiday. M has always wanted to surf in the Atlantic, so we headed that direction from our place in the Var, France.
To break up the journey a bit, we revisited a few places that we had been to before when we first got together and M brought me to France for the first time to see if I would like it here. Remember, this was always meant to be our “final destination” – that was before Italy hit our radar. So, we stopped for a night in Carcassonne, which is a wonderful medieval town. We stayed within the castle walls this time as well, which was rather amazing.
From there, we headed for our almost week-long stay in Biarritz. This is a well-known seaside town for surfing and seafood. It was a great town even if the weather did not cooperate for the entire time. We still got a few days of surfing πββοΈ (for M) and beach bumming (for me) in before a storm came through with wind and rain that made the waves π too big for those who care about their lives. π€ͺ We probably could have stayed one or two fewer nights there, but it did give us a chance to explore around a bit more.
One day, we drove into Spain to visit San SebastiΓ‘n. It was a bit too grey to fully appreciate, but it was still a cute seaside town as well. Of course, us being as fickle as we are briefly considered whether or not it was somewhere we could live. Fortunately, neither of us were overly enamored with that particular place, so we said no. π However, it was nice to hear some Spanish and feel the flair for a couple of hours.
On our way back, we stopped in a town called Espelette – famous for its pimentos πΆοΈ . Apparently, it’s one of the only places that these can grow in France due to its particular climate at the bottom of the Pyrenees mountains ποΈ . So, we explored the town and, of course, bought some pepper products. π¬
I’ll try to get some more pictures posted soon, but am still editing at the moment as my vacation-mode has not yet fully turned off. π
~T π₯πβοΈ
