An Autumn Adventure in Biarritz
Blog: Alice in Wanderlust - 30 January 2009
By: Alice
As it got colder in Paris last October, a few friends and I escaped for a last sunny weekend in Biarritz before we succumbed to winter. I think autumn is probably the best time to go to Biarritz - there's still the same lovely beach, restaurants and cheap coffee (compared to Paris!) but you avoid the crazy crowds that descend on the town in July and August.
We stayed in the very sweet Hotel Anjou, 5 minutes walk from the centre of town. From our window you could see a tiny glimpse of the ocean - this is a photo of the sun coming up at 7am, as we fell into bed for a nap after the all-night train journey from Paris:
Later in the day we had an amazing picnic of local produce purchased from the fresh food market - a delicious dark loaf called, fantastically, "Viking Bread" (which is half the reason we bought it, to be honest), plus cheese, strawberries, raspberries, an amazing "gateau basque" and, of course, wine.
After sitting in the sun all day, we braved a swim in the ocean. Turns out, the atlantic ocean in October is nothing like the Mediterranean! But I'm sure the icy dip was good for our health, or something! (In any case, it helped wake us up, after a little bit too much wine).
This last photo just makes me want to jump on a train and find some ocean. For all its charms, you don't get views like this in Paris.
Bisous x Alice
(P.S. Those hills in the distance - are in Spain!)
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