Pays Basque

We left Brittany on the 1st June and headed south. We stopped overnight at Ile de Re and I had my first bowl of moules mariniere on this trip. Then we headed to Hossegor and checked out the surf beaches, wild and windy! We stayed overnight in the cheap camping-car area with all the other 'snow-birds' and had a wander around town the next morning. Lovely, chilled-out place. We arrived at Guitary 4 days ago, a little town right in the heart of the Pays Basque. It's about 3 miles from Biarritz. The town is lovely and there is a fantastic Basque church with incredible sea views. The beaches are empty, sandy and relaxing and the water is warm. Biarritz and St Jean de Luz are both great. St Jean is a lively city with a gorgeous harbour and great beaches. We watched 4 intrepid people surfing in an out-rigger this morning which was very entertaining. It looked like lots of fun with little control (shouldn't life always be like that?). The food here is delicious, red peppers and chilli with everything and loads of tasty fish. We saw some kids playing pelota a couple of days ago, fastest game in the world apparently. They must have been about 8/9 years old and they were already extremely competent players, I guess it's in the blood here. It's so nice here in the Basque country that we'll probably stay a bit longer and then aim for San Sebastian and Bilbao. Pip pip for now!