Thursday, May 2, 2013

Into France

We drove east from Donostia on congested blue roads, noting the license plates' change from E to F. In Bidart, we found an ingenious parking place right on the sea (most are blocked off to RVs), and took an hour's walk along the beach and bluffs above. It was cool and gray again, but we wanted some beach and seascape. After that, we found the same laundromat we'd used in August, and did some more wash there. And then more of the congested roads through Bidart, Biarritz, and Bayonne (and that's just the Bs), until, as the congestion finally cleared, we found a French Carrefours. And so the next hour we spent assembling a repast to celebrate our return to Frogopia. We spent the night at an aire de camping car en route up the coast.
Pebble beach, at first, then sand














On the hill, looking to the interior, a map showed the location of Pique Iparla, which
I  climbed last August...I had no idea it was this close to the sea
















Looking back toward Donostia














Would-be surfers merely paddling around

1 comment:

Tawana said...

Your earlier comments about motor homes being larger was interesting. We found that cars in France are larger now than when we first started renting them years ago. The car we rented last summer was larger than either car we have in the States. I was really surprised at how much larger they are these days.