Exploring the South West Coast

24/07 – 30/07

After the Crozon Peninsula, we continued our journey South, to a small little town called Quiberon in the Brittany region of France. We arrived to find beautiful beaches and plenty of sun.

The next day, was my birthday. First summer birthday, and couldn’t have asked for a better day! We started the day no other way than with a healthy start of croissants and doughnuts. We spent the day by the beach, went for an arvo ride, enjoyed a solar shower and finished off having a very weird French meal for dinner. France, you have my heart, but not my stomach. Smoked aka raw white fish with a ‘salad’ (bit of lettuce, a cherry tomato and some onion) was not quite what I had in mind… need to brush up on my French it seems.

We then made our way down to La Rochelle, intending to spend the evening in Ile de Re but again faced with a toll road! So we had a nice Italian meal (figured it was a safe bet) and rode our bikes into Ile de Re the next morning to catch up with mum’s cuzzy Chris, Nikki and little Missy.

Of course, lunch turned into too many beers, and we again were spoilt with the hospitality of family crashing their campsite and using their amenities – boy did it feel good to wash the hair! Ile de Re is an awesome little island, filled with beautiful little streets with flowers popping up everywhere. Highly recommend to anyone passing through!

We stopped in Bordeaux for a night, and I think Paris can take a step to the side, because this city is a beaut! Enjoyed our first tex mex meal in a while, which is usually high on Myron’s dietary requirements and again, wandered the streets.

And now, here I am, sitting in our little airbnb in Biarritz (a birthday pressie from Muz) trying to catch up on our small little adventure so far. We plan to use this time and space to figure out our budget (eek!), work out a time frame and where to be when… or not, and just keep on doing what we’re doing…