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| Biarritz |
Days have a way of developing. They seem to all have a unique personality that is waiting and available to be explored and discovered to what ever depth one is open to accept. Like most every day we wake up with no immediate plans or agenda. The only thing that we count on is a quiant breakfast waiting for us on the veranda each morning. It is there we ask each other, "what would you like to do today?" and the other replies, "oh I don't know, what do you feel like doing?" This may seem to invite for a very casual day but it does not seem to ever pan out that easy. The day has another pace it is wanting to move and as soon as we step out the front door (with our swimsuits on hand and a pocket full of change, our camera and if we are lucky a baguette and maybe some fruit) we are swept away in the current of the present day that awaits us to kidnap us and take us on a new and unexpected (and always appreciated) journey.
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| In front of the aquarium |
We ended up deciding to start by biking down to check the surf. Which is not just a quick down the street event. It is more of a commitment to wind up and down and up and down tiny streets , weave through people and moped heads, peddle over bridges and through tunnels, passing castles and down the coast type of event. And not just to check one spot but many surf spots that poka dot the coastal line. For us it is a one of a kind fresh experience for checking the surf. And guess what... We are in luck- there are waves! We lock up our bikes on the promenade and a moment later shem is in the line up waiting to catch his first wave and i sit on the beach waiting to catch on film doing wait he does best- smacking the lip and getting barrelled out of his mind ;). One minute, then ten minutes and then 30 minutes later Shem catches nothing worth praising. Within minutes of him paddling out , the tide drops drastically and ruins the surf that we first saw when we first pulled up. Awh well 3 hours later it will return so lets go do something else.
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| The 1st surfboard brought to France from Hawaii. |
Every idea that was tossed around was rejected with fickle bus schedules and so biarritz has us for the whole day. We get back on our bikes and stop at this famous chocolate museum and figured why not... Too bad is was 6 euros each ( which is way too rich for our blood) so we decided to spend some of those euros on the chocolate and eat it instead! That was a good decision because it was some goooood chocolate!
Anyway time to move on and back on our bikes which I should mention was not done with as much finesse as our first day on the bikes. Our butts were so sore they felt bruised. We thought we were pretty cool by accomplishing our intense bikeride and hike the day prior but not so cool when we woke up the next morning feeling like old farts who complain about getting up from a chair too fast!
We decided to lock up our bikes and go for a nice stroll along the coast and take it easy. We came across a really cool aquarium that really intrigued me and heard was only three euros to enter so we decided to check it out. We wait in line, hand over our card and the lady announces 26 euros is your total- dangit! It was the science museum next door that was the three euro entrance. Okay so lets really go enjoy this and make it a time to remember and oh was it ever a good time. Turtles and sharks and fish never looked so good. It was absolutely fascinating. Okay I am being a little fastidious but in all honesty it was a good time. It was nothing in comparison to what we were soon going to witness though.
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| It's more people than it looks. |
Oh but first we passed the surf and it looked really fun so we go get our boards and jump in the water. I should probably mention that this was a bit of a hard decision to make because the beach was so packed it made sardines look spaced. We were like what on earth is going on -this is insane. There is seriously thousands of people on the beach. But then we noticed something... No one is catching waves. No one even knows how to surf- the waves are pretty much open for costumers and long story short we spent the rest of the light of the day surfing fun waves in beautiful biarritz. After we ran home and showered and then based off of an empty stomach start eating everything in site... Chips, candy, icecream, junk junk and more junk which for me unfortunately came back to haunt me during the most exciting and potentially the most romantic part of our day which maybe I will metion later.
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| Gelato! |
You see the reason for the extra excitement in the streets was because it was a big holiday for the europeans. It is the holiday to celebrate the day the gates of heaven were opened for saint mary. So of course this has to be celebrated in the most elaborate way possible with music and entertainment flooding the streets and a firwork show that was so elaborate you kept laughing in awe every time you think you just saw the grand finale and then it just keeps getting better and better and more and more crazy. It was insane and something to be witnessed. Its too bad after the first 15 minutes i spent 5 minutes puking my guts out behind this corner. Which was quite the scenario because there was literally over 50 thousand people dotted along the cliffs of the coast and 10 feet behind everyone I'm having this episode. Not one person is facing my direction and notices (thank goodness) because the firework show was just that impressive that every single person was completely captivated. Try to use your imagination and then give up because you cant imagine how amazing this firework performance was! And lucky for us we managed to pick a good spot to stand and were so close to the fireworks that the debris was falling on our heads. And also lucky for me personally i felt much better. Shortly after my episode and could enjoy the rest of the night. I dont know why i thought my lactose intolerant self could handle 6 flavors of icecream mixed with all that junk. Just plain foolishness i have to sheepishly admit.
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| 1 hour long fireworks... |
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| literally bursting over our heads. |
Anyways it was almost another perfect day of excitement and experiences to add to our european adventure!! Nothing should be perfect because then what will you aim for the next day right?? Shem my lovely husband... I couldn't have picked a better match to march through life with...Mmmwwwwah.
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| There were people everywhere! |
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