The Bike Trip

After this weekend's 80 kilometer (that's 50 miles, that's right)bike trip, I think it is my destiny to live in the French countryside in a house like this:





or this:



I have officially fallen in love with the French countryside and biking in France. I had the idea about a month ago to bike from the Mont de Marsan to St. Jean de Luz. It really isn't that difficult to do, but I couldn't convince anyone to go with me! My friend Shalane, afraid I would do it alone and always up for a challenge, decided to go with me. Shalane's pretty fit herself and bikes, swims and runs religiously,not to mention she is from Newfoundland so she's pretty comfortable in the outdoors, so it all worked out really well. Our actual trajectory was MDM-Dax, Dax-Saubion, Saubion-Capreton, Capreton-St. Jean de Luz. We saw fields of flowers, amazing old homes, farms, horses, beaches, beach towns, mountains, surfers and amazing spring sunsets.














Then, on Sunday, we crossed the boarder to Spain and went to San Sebastien for a three hour trip to get the essentials tapas, churros, and a hike up the mountain to see the HUGE Jesus statue that is both amazing and extremely eerie.

Check out where we rode on this map!