Biaritz

Driving to the town of Biaritz was simple enough, but the town itself seems to have not figured out how to effectively execute logical roads. After 100 turns and about 50 roundabouts, we made it to the parking lot, only to learn that we didn’t have electricity. There are only 4 electrical hook-ups per station and about 6 stations for 50 spots. Again, this wasn’t turning out to be a good decision. We drove to a “nearby” McDonald’s, I say nearby, because it was 6 km away and took us 30 mins to drive to it and there was barely any traffic being a Sunday, and found out that it did not provide free WiFi. Use of the bathrooms and a quick bite, we made our way back to the parking lot. We had a baguette with 4 types of cheeses and pate. This was accompanied with two bottles of wine we purchased the night before. Both are award winners, one being the best of the Bordeaux region, the other being the second best Chardonnay in the world. To our surprise, the Chardonnay was not nearly as pleasant as the one from Bordeaux. It didn’t stop us from drinking it though. Besides the bottle from Cahors, these were the most expensive bottles of wine to date; they were just over 2 euros each. We watched a Harry Potter movie as well and then talked before calling it a night. That is how we spent my birthday, not exactly how Julie or I intended it to be, or would have wanted. But without any money and it being a Sunday it was the best way we could spend it. The next morning I moved the van to a vacated spot to acquire electricity where we spent the day in the van resting and watching the other two Harry Potter movies we have managed to download. With Julie not feeling well for the past few days we didn’t really venture out much during our stay in Biaritz. We did manage to visit the town centre at dusk, which was cool because the trees along the boulevard had lights in them. We also watched some people surfing when we walked along the shore. Couldn’t imagine how cold the water must have been. We tried to acquire internet access for free but couldn’t manage. So we opted on a cyber café – 3 euros for 45 minutes. So we got caught up once again. Thanks to Gerald and Rachel as well as my mom and dad for the birthday “presents” and thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes as well.