Bordeaux to Madrid: Another Rush to See What We Could See

After breakfast, we checked out Bordeaux.  It had been a scary trip into town the previous night as we googled hotels and found a cheap one that was obviously on the wrong side of the river.  In fact it was closed down when we got there and luckily we saw a bridge and headed over to the obviously better part of the city.  Lots of good waterfront and pretty views. It's on the Garonne River.

Love the panoramic feature of my camera.  It really shows the expanse of sights I want to show in photos.

Next stop, Biarritz...which has a lighthouse.   This is really the La Jolla of France.  We loved it and wished we weren't trying to get to Madrid, still many hours away.  

We eie find a lighthouse, recommended by Gillian's friend, Gen.

This shot reminds me a bit of Tanoh Lot in Bali.  But it's for beach goers, not temple visitors.

We had a beautiful lunch by the water and then explored the town and headed over to the lighthouse.  It was so gorgeous there-hot but some breeze.

This rock formation and  bridge was right in town.   We saw plenty of people jumping off-reminded me of the Salta del Fraile in Miraflores in Peru...the priest who jumps off a rock like this and as it's part of a legend, jumpers reenact the story and come dripping wet for tips.

You walk out to the point past a Mary statue on  a rock.  

This is a shot of looking back on the town from the lighthouse site-beaches are off to the right  just outside of camera view.

French hydrangeas all seem to be this color...love the subtle shades and want this variety in my garden.

I love  this shot,  It took us a while to get it right but we finally did-not this one as Nana's eyes were closed.

Biarritz was a place to stay longer.  We loved it and wished we could spend more time.  I think our trips are often about this...finding lovely places, never having enough time and then wanting to go back.  Not sure if that is really the goal of traveling.  And this wasn't all.  we also stopped in San Sebastián since we were so close and wanted to see a bit of Pais Vasco.  This ended up being a couple of hours at most late in the afternoon, but it was a beautiful city.  We will go back..

The girls did some posing on the waterfront.  

It as a great day, exhausting and it meant a very hairy drive to Madrid, arriving at 3 am!!! We drove on pretty bad roads and stopped often for coffee...the rest stops with gas have strong coffee machines (the coffee is strong, not the machines-though they need to be).  we collapsed into bed....more on Madrid next post