Category Archive: France

The train journey today was long and tough.  Just before I got on the first train for a long journey back to France, I was in a little panic about getting to my first stop which was in Pisa on time as I was going to have only thirty minutes to change the trains.  I […]

Oh my goodness!  That is all I can say! GOOD TIMES!  GREAT VIBRATION! That is all I can say! The incredibly long train ride was beyond spectacular!  Anybody who dies hard to visit the area where the newest movie, Mamma Mia, was filmed, this train ride is definitely a worthwhile – BIG TIME.  Even though […]

I just hung around Saint Jean de Luz today.  No need to explain about this town as I expained it in this entry.

For the past two days, I went to the Ciboure beach, a beach next to Saint-Jean de Luz, with Maiena, Laurent, Amaya, and Laurent’s friend since there was a bright sunshine outside.  While the sun was glowing away, the water was freezing as it could be, and temperature was neither too hot nor too cold.  […]

I never get bored being in the Basque region as there are so many happenings there. Parties throughout the Basque region are endless.  Good times!  Great vibrations! For the past two nights, I was at Fêtes de Cambo with Laurent, Amaya, and Maiena.  As I mentioned in the previous entry, on the first night, we […]

Tonight, I went to a festival in a small village in the Basque region called Cambo with Maiena, Amaya, Maiena’s roommate, and Laurent.  There was a huge tent in middle of the square in the village.  Inside the tent, there were rows of tables where we all had dinner.  As we were sitting at the […]

Since the sky was filled with yucky and gray clouds, and the cold spells came, I went to a spa place that has a wonderful pool and Jacuzzi.  During most of my time at the spa place, I just leaned against a wall in a Jacuzzi where bubbles were popping out, and I just let […]

Brrrr!  It’s freeeeeeezing cold here!  It’s also quite dark here since there’s very minimal light.  It’s also quite rocky. I was just hiking through some caves from the prehistoric era – La Grotte Sorcière and La Grotte Sare.  These places were certainly quite creepy, and I seriously wonder how cavemen survived in these places.

Madame Maublanc, Marie, and I brought my family to the highest land spot in the Basque region, la Rhune.  More later…

Tonight, the entire Maublanc family and the entire Chaikof family met together for dinner at the Maublancs.  It was an incredible opportunity for my family to meet the family with whom I stayed for the past two summers and I always have a ball.  The kids and I spent hours chatting together while the parents […]