After a weekend of beautiful Barcelona, we drove towards French Basque country. We lunched in wonderful Huesca and overnighted in pretty Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
The sun shone and we were back on the road. What better way to relax than to stop in the enchanting Basque town of Espelette?
We sipped hot chocolate at a sidewalk cafe…
We shopped for edible gifts from a kindly shopkeeper, including the special not-too-hot red pepper power the city is known for…
And we strolled, admiring the town’s typically red-accented white buildings…
Everything, everyone, the weather — it was all so charming, that I could easily have stayed for a nap…
…but we had more places to visit! We were headed further into phenomenal French Basque Country (Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Bayonne, and Biarritz).
Then, back in Spain (after all, my upcoming novel is titled “Flamenco & the Sitting Cat”), we’d marvel at the food and seaside dogs of San Sebastián, Spain and breathtaking Bilbao…
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Very very nice 🤗
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Lovely post!! And you are so pretty ma’am…
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Many thanks, Soumya – & so are you ❤
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😊😊😃
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I love st Jean pied de port . That is the place where I started my Camino de Santiago and ended at Santiago de compostela . And took me 38 days to complete the 768 km walk .
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.. I have never been there / glad you enjoyed a lot 🙂 have been to pairs once but .. add to wish to visit lists for someday 🙂
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I love spain. I love it damn too hard! Nice pics.
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too damn hard? no such thing LOL
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It means that I’ve never visited though but I still love it the most. U got it wrong. Hahaa
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no – I understood – just teasing – passion is a wonderful thing 🙂
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O’ quite smart. But plz I’m much younger to feed upon ur scarcsm. Hahaa
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