We are now in Bidart next to Biarritz with the same hurricane...
So what else could we do but find the best bar in Biarritz that serves over 25 different beers and sample a few. This one was a firm favourite, La Trappe a wheat beer. Now I'm not a great fan of wheat beers but this one was far too drinkable, cold, smooth and even Philippa liked it.
Friday night in Bidart, we stumbled across the local sport of Basque Pelota
It's a mix of Tennis, Squash and involves a raffia basket attached to one hand that is used to catch and throw the hard wooden ball against a wall at just below sub sonic speed.....its quite addictive to watch as the ball bounces off the wall some 60m and has to be caught in your raffia basket on your hand then its thrown from where you have caught it and it must hit the wall. Have a look at the wiki page for the rules.
Saturday is market day in Bidart and this time we had a military plan in place that would prevent us from buying our own body weight in cheese. However we were nearly foiled when the first stall we came across was the cheese stall.........but we managed to walk by without being tempted...result. Instead it was the sausages and chorizo, tinned picante duck and the gateau Basque that got us this time. Now gateau Basque is like a cheese cake without the cheese, it has a base and top like crushed digestive biscuits, slightly moist or maybe like Maids of Honour with a jam substance in the middle. Fillings can either be cream, cherry jam or chocolate. The cherry jam one tastes very sweet with no hint of cherry thankfully.
After the market and a cafe we walked into Biarritz for a Tapas lunch...however no photos exist as it was too nice. After a few Trappes we headed to the Newquay bar to watch the first Lions game...good result and dominated by the Welsh players.
Tonight (Sunday) its a Soiree Basque....food, drink and music of the region...photos to follow.
So basically a day of beach walking, cake, beer and rugby..........happy days!
ReplyDeletenow we can see why you are doing so much walking... to burn off all the cheese, beer and cake! Result! X
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