Boiling Hot in Biarritz
I'm spending a lot of time at this keyboard on a project that I'm sure I will be able to blog about soon so there is probably going to be a few pauses between posts.
My last post promised to reveal how we learned to cope with high temperatures and no air-con in the car (apart from taking the roof off). We had spent the night in the Campanile in Biarritz and after a leisurely breakfast we set out to explore the town.
Our first breakthrough was to discover the French practice of placing their car-parks underground. Relatively cool, clean and amazingly cheap. At least the car would not be imitating an oven when we returned. After a stroll along the beach we stopped for coffee and then went in search of an ATM and a trendy sun hat.
Biarritz is a lovely town with a mix of ancient and modern. We loved it and will probably return one day to spend more time there. One memory from this visit was our lunch. My grasp of the French language is not as good as it should be and was yet to be refreshed, so reading menus was a bit hit and miss. We picked Oeuf au Plat, frite & salade. What we got was egg and chips with style. It was wonderful!
Feeling well fed and happy, off we went on our next mistake. We set out to drive to Toulouse, leaving in the heat of the day. With the roof down the sun was fiercesome but the breeze kept things bearable. However, at motorway speeds the breeze became very noisy and we eventually gave in and put the roof up which made it quieter but hotter. We resolved that we would make all long journeys in the cooler mornings from then on.
We arrived, hot and sticky, at ours son's house and were made very welcome. We didn't waste much time about trying out their new spa!
My last post promised to reveal how we learned to cope with high temperatures and no air-con in the car (apart from taking the roof off). We had spent the night in the Campanile in Biarritz and after a leisurely breakfast we set out to explore the town.
Our first breakthrough was to discover the French practice of placing their car-parks underground. Relatively cool, clean and amazingly cheap. At least the car would not be imitating an oven when we returned. After a stroll along the beach we stopped for coffee and then went in search of an ATM and a trendy sun hat.
Biarritz is a lovely town with a mix of ancient and modern. We loved it and will probably return one day to spend more time there. One memory from this visit was our lunch. My grasp of the French language is not as good as it should be and was yet to be refreshed, so reading menus was a bit hit and miss. We picked Oeuf au Plat, frite & salade. What we got was egg and chips with style. It was wonderful!
Feeling well fed and happy, off we went on our next mistake. We set out to drive to Toulouse, leaving in the heat of the day. With the roof down the sun was fiercesome but the breeze kept things bearable. However, at motorway speeds the breeze became very noisy and we eventually gave in and put the roof up which made it quieter but hotter. We resolved that we would make all long journeys in the cooler mornings from then on.
We arrived, hot and sticky, at ours son's house and were made very welcome. We didn't waste much time about trying out their new spa!
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