We swam in the Atlantic at Biarritz.Biarritz, on the southwest coast of France, used to be a haunt of the rich and famous; now the young and beautiful linger there. It's a bit like an upmarket Newquay, with its surfing scene. Very upmarket though with its prices. What Biarritz lacks is fat tourists; they're all in the Canaries, Spain or Greece.
The water though very clear had a surface film of human-originated debris, which was a bit off-putting, but we suffered the hardship in order to cool down on one of the hottest days of our holiday.
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We visited Auch and climbed the 230 steps from the river up to the cathedral passing along the way the statue of D'Artagnan, the literary musketeer based on a real-life musketeer born in Auch. (I'm saving D'Artagnan's photo for the next round of ABC Wednesday!)
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
France! (HUGE SIGH)
We keep saying......."Eeeh, this time two weeks ago.....etc etc"
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Good to have you home.
Sewage Sea - urghh. Glad you mentioned that as we were thinking of visiting some time in the future.
What a happy photo! and the cathedral looks spectacular. Don't like the sound of the film on the water though, eugh!
Looks like you had fun!
Lovely to see the sun but what a shame about the water. Looks like you all had a relaxing time.
looks like so much fun :-)
I dipped my toes in the Atlantic from Biarritz in 1997...
Did you go up the mountain on the little train and put one foot in Spain and the other in France?
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