We picked up the rental car from the Biarritz train station National/Citer car rental company at 10:30. It was a cute and pretty much brand new Citroën C3, with the option to switch between manual and automatic transmission. First off, driving on the other (wrong) side of the road wasn't as bad as I thought it could be, although I did veer too much to the right at the beginning. Secondly, we got a little lost making our 2km trip back to the Inter Amarys Biarr...

We arrived in Biarritz, France, having caught the 11:15am train from Biarritz, switching at Hendaye for the French train to Biarritz. Got to our hotel at 1 in the arvo, dropped off our bags then got the bus to the Biarritz centre ville, meeting a super nice old French coach driver who taught us how to catch the bus. Biarritz was quite similar to San Sebastian, with a very long coastline of good surfing beaches (lots of sand). We spent the afternoon shopping and...

After a day of siesta-ing yesterday after returning from the Pamplona festivities, Bexie left early this morning to head to Avignon. We spent last night indulging in pinxtos again and walking along the corso. The San Sebastian coastline was magnificent, with some islands facing the mainland that was all floodlit, with a lighthouse and a large statue of the Virgin Mary on a hill. We spent the day chillaxing and eating alot of pinxtos. There was a minor drama with...

We are in Spain again! having flown into Bilbao airport yesterday night and checked into our lovely pension house "Loinaz", we met up with Eileen & Belen ('Bexie') for lunch at 12 at "La Fuego Nero" for pinxtos (the Basque region version of tapas). The pinxtos is simply mind-blowing!! Delicate parcels of finely prepared food using the local fresh produce. Loved it more than the tapas we had in Barcelona and even better than Bodega! The great thing about it wa...

Back in London again for a relaxing 2 days at Selina's before going to Spain again for the San Fermin bull racing festival at Pamplona! Chatted to Selina and Esther about our stories on the topdeck tour, had some lovely English breakfast at the 'Local Hero' cafe, did laundry and slept. Can't wait for San Sebastian tomorrow!