78 - La Vie Biarrotte - Biarritz
Monday, May 27 I spent most the work day looking into arrangements through the end of my stay in France; which meant I basically figured out the rough itinerary and dates for my vacation at the end of June. With the skeleton of a where and when figured out, I'll reach out to a few connections I've made for suggestions about specific towns and visits; plus I can confidently reserve my apartment and rental car here in Biarritz and have my trans-atlantic flight changed to match the actual airport I'll be closest to at the end of the vacation. At lunch, I sat with Nicole again. She told me about a modern amusement park about 3-4 hours north of here called the Futureascope. She also joked about her new haircut as a Jean d'Arc; she'd received it from her daughter (une coiffeuse) yesterday during European Mother's Day (La fête de mere). The waves on the Grande Plage were acting funny today: the back wash was colliding with the waves resulting in a long...