Pau! Pau!
That's the name of the big city around here. It's pronounced po, like 'peau' which isn't quite as fun.
Stuff I did:
Lots of apéritifs. Averaging about 2 a day now. Every time someone comes over, or you have a meal, the alcohol comes out. Sheesh.
Slept in a couchette on the train to get here. I remember waking up fuzzily before dawn in Toulouse. Airplanes should have couchettes too. I guess that's first class.
Won 50 euros in a casino. On the very last 50 cent piece of the 20 euros we were going to play with. We being Christophe, his sister, and me. Spent it all (the 30 left over) on crepes for lunch the next day. I don't really understand the appeal of slot machines, which I'm going to consider a good thing.
Drove to Basque country and went boogie boarding in the Atlantic. We stopped first in St Jean de Luz but ended up at a beach halfway between there and Biarritz because I wanted real waves. Basque names are cool, there's lots of Zs and Xes. Very touristy.
Today the weather is ucky and grey. Last night there was a massive thunderstorm with lightning that crashed really close. I want to drive to the Pyrénées today. Or Spain. But not much time because we're taking the train back home this evening.