Been a few years since we were in down there, couple of decent restaurants to visit in Biarritz are La Table Basque or La Goulue. Saint Jean De Luz is a lovely town, much safer beach for swimming with big selection of restaurants. Great place for fresh fish as well.
With a car you should take a trip inland as well to see some gorgeous Basque villages, Ainhoa, Esplette, Cambo Les Bains, and take the small train up La Rhune mountain for great views
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San Sebastian is a great city, huge choice of tapas bars where you can eat fairly cheaply with quality grub in most places. Yep take the funicular up Monte Igueldo for class views of the city and bay.
Second the suggestion to visit Ainhoa. Lovely little village on the border. There was a little cake factory not too far away but I didnāt do the tour. I had some banter en francais with the guy on reception about Munster rubby. Itās rubby cuntree down there.
No proper summer respite for second year running so weāve taken the plunge and brought himself as well. Otherwise we were all staying at home again this year.
His first time flying. We had fast track special assistance all the way through the airport and staff were great. Like a war zone getting him through the airport. Grizzled old airport worker who whisked us through was saying to me, heād never seen anything like it. Combat levels of stress. Over tired from early start, overwhelmed by airport and fear of flying. It was looking up until 20 minutes ago like Iād be going home with him, but heās seated calmly enough now and take off in 5 minutes.
Weāre heading to a campsite outside Biarritz, which heās really excited about. Itās the getting there bitā¦
Aviation museum in DC. Itās unreal.
Hire bikes and cycle down from Lincoln memorial to White House. Georgetown nice to walk about for food and drinks.
Legal Seafood in Boston for proper roaster seafood portions. Faneuil Hall food market in Boston. Fenway.
Washington is a fabulous city. The Smithsonianās are fabulous museums. The African American one is very popular and although free you need to book a time slot in advance. The Natural History is amazing. Has a grand restaurant downstairs too. The obvious memorials are monumental in scale, Lincoln and Washington. But there are others like the Vietnam, Korean and Iwo Jima that are well worth visiting and also visit Kennedyās grave in Arlington. There is so much detail in these memorials that it is worth getting a guided tour of the city, in my opinion.
Weāre not far away on the Costa Brava,
Weather is good, tipping around 30degrees but no higher, nice breeze and occasional cloud cover to get reset.
Good luck with the young lad, have a ball
