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ASCAIN ET LE PETIT TRAIN DE LA RHUNE

Cultural Heritage

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The Petit train de la Rhune is a cog railway at the western end of the Pyrenees. It links the Col de Saint-Ignace, some 10 km to the east of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, to the summit of the La Rhune Mountain. Located opposite the station of the cog train is a...

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CHÂTEAU D’ABBADIA À HENDAYE SUR LA CÔTE BASQUE

Architecture

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The neo-Gothic-style château was built by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc at the request of Antoine d'Abbadie d'Arrrast, between 1864 and 1879. Antoine d’Abbadie, member of the Academy of Sciences, was an astronomer, explorer, anthropologist and linguist...

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ARCACHON

Cultural Heritage

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The seaside resort of Arcachon is built on a lagoon and is quite famous for its oyster farms. For decades the town’s winter resort was the favorite haunt of celebrities from Alexandre Dumas to Jean Cocteau and Marilyn Monroe. In 1841, a new branch line...

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DUNE DU PILAT, BASSIN D'ARCACHON

Nature

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Sixty kilometres south of Bordeaux is the Dune du Pilat. At 114 meters, the highest sand dune in Europe, it is 2.7 kilometers long and 500 meters wide. The west face slopes gently towards the Atlantic rollers, whereas the hollowed landward side to the...

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ST-JEAN-DE-LUZ ET CIBOURE, PAYS BASQUE

Cultural Heritage

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St-Jean-de-Luz, the most Basque of the towns lying north of the Spanish border, offers many wonderful attractions including its picturesque fishing port, sandy beaches, the church of St-Jean-Baptiste, Maison Louis XIV and the imposing Maison de l'Infante...

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BIARRITZ

Cultural Heritage

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Biarritz lies on the border of the Basque Country and is the most fashionable and most frequented seaside resort in southwest France. At the beginning of the 19th century, Biarritz was but a small, whale-fishing harbor. The people of Bayonne, when they...

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BAYONNE

Cultural Heritage

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It’s been quite awhile since my last posting but I thought I would finally get around to posting the photos I took in weeks prior to walking the Camino de Santiago. Before my start in St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, I visited several places along the Atlantic coast...

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CRÈME DE MARRON

Happy Things

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Perhaps the best way to eat chestnuts is to eat them fresh out of the oven. Roasting them over an open fire just doesn’t seem to be as easy as it sounds. The first thing one needs to do is to preheat the oven to 180°C (350° F). Use a sharp paring knife...

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MSC OPERA (7) VENICE

Architecture

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After another beautiful day at sea, we reached our final destination, Venice, Italy where we stayed for three days at a bed and breakfast along the Grand Canal near Rialto Bridge. Venice was truly stunning ! I was amazed at how much I was able to see...

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MSC OPERA (6) DUBROVNIK

Architecture

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Another beautiful day at sea before arrival in the fortified city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia

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