Great drive from The Basque to The Drodogne area of France, we just kept driving with only a stop in a small town to stretch our legs and to look at more old buildings - the inspector is still amazed how nothing is straight!! We are with a very nice couple Nikki & Mel from England, they have provided us with a Gite - 2 bedrooms, lounge, kitchen and dinning its huge and we feel very spoilt. We are going to build a fence for them, Mel is into cooking Asian food s...

Before we reached San Sebastian, a stop at Sain Je De Luz, this is an exclusive french seaside resort - not glitzy to be seen like Biarittz this is just expensive, expensive and styley. Not too many people on the beach in the morning and there is a relaxed atmosphere with beautiful designer shops.  Onwards to San Sebastian, its fantastic whizzing along with the Froggies that know where they are going, Rod and I are like the kids in the car, just relaxed with no...

Only a 50km drive from Bayonne see's you in Saint Jean Pied De Port and this is one of the most beautiful towns in the Basque Country I am told. The drive here feels like you could be in New Zealand its soo green so that means it rains heaps!! The road has many signs saying this is "Route de Fromage" - road of cheese - I need a break from cheese!!  In the 13th century the town served as a military, commercial and religious cross-roads, built on the strategi...

The Big tournament - 9 holes of Golf The Frogs V The Kiwi's what a great morning this was, T time 8am to avoid the crowds. Rod and I have never played golf together or even seen each other play so that seemed a bit weird to start with. Step up to the first T and whamo Great T shot so I was off yipeeee could have been embarrassing!! It was a scenic course, beautiful view of the Atlantic ocean and up towards Biarritz. The photo's tell the tale.   Kiwi...

Here we are in Bayonne and WOW love it, so different to anywhere else in France we have been. Bayonne is the capital of the Basque - a happy marriage of sea and mountains and is a compact area straddling the western Pyrenees on the Atlantic seaboard. There are 7 Basque provinces, 4 in Spain and 3 in France.Did you know that Bayonne is "The Town of Chocolate" - I knew there was a reason for me to come here!!!! Christopher Colombus was the first European to come ...