Up early this morning to visit the launderette before we pressed on. The deserted streets of Le Mans are beautiful in the early morning sun.
We skipped breakfast in the hotel, instead deciding to visit a Boulangerie on the way so we could get going. We weren’t disappointed! Pamela ordered in french for both of us. Weirdly, the most challenging part was to not reply in Portuguese. My croissant aux amandes was ridiculously good as was Pamela’s plain croissant and the coffee was perfect.
We headed south along the west coast of France. I was keen to visit Pamplona but since the weather was good, we thought it would be a welcome change to pitch up earlier than normal and enjoy a sunset.
We had Mimizan in our mind, a long stretch of beach on the Atlantic coast which is popular with surfers but we weren’t able to find suitable accommodation online so we continued a bit further across the border.
We ended up in San Sebastian and my goodness were we glad we did.
We stayed in the fabulous Luze Boutique. Situated above the town, It has a fabulous view of the bay of Biscay from our room. They have recently received their first Michelin star. Although we are both big foodies, we’re more pour over coffee and street food. We enjoyed the less formal tapas menu in the lounge which was of course excellent.
We enjoyed it there so much that we booked another nights stay giving us the opportunity to enjoy some shopping and lunch in the town.