Away from the hustle and bustle...

Tuesday 15^th April

Today has been a relaxing day for the most part. We started off the day by heading into Biarritz to get a document signed – that is a whole story in itself. More than an hour later and document done we headed north out of town for our quiet beach resort further up the coast. It seemed to take quite a while to get off the main road and away from the traffic but once that was done the driving was quite relaxed.

We stopped at a small beachside resort on the way for lunch and found they had a market there. We traipsed up and down the market, tasting the produce on offer. We did the French thing and bought cheese and sausage for lunch, and a baguette at the bakery. Looked for a beachside picnic ground there but it looked like you had to park the car and hike over the dunes so we just settled for a local park for our picnic. It has been a beautiful sunny day and it would have been quite easy to lay back and have a nap in the sun.

 

The dogs also enjoy going for coffee

French picnic in the sun

Our hotel is in a place called Biscarosse Plage. It has an Apollo Bay feel to it. We are a couple of streets back from the beach and a couple of blocks from the main street. 

Biscarosse Plage - a few surfers and keen swimmers

Looking down the main street - approx 7pm

We had dinner in town tonight – prawns for me and paella for Rob, then an Italian ice cream as we wandered back home. We are here another night and tomorrow will just go for a drive around the area. We are not far from Bordeaux so may include a couple of wineries on our travels tomorrow.