As Seniora Socorro drove her husband to an appointment, she offered to drive me to the Chemin de St Jacques, their house being somewhat off the route. Well, that offer turned into a tour of the area that ended up taking me 33 km "down the road" to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. And from there I walked a short 14.4 km to Irun--yes short, but with some steep climbs that gave my tendinitis a good test. So far so good. Although I won't be crossing the Pyrenees mountain range, some of its rolling mountains were visible in the distance.
Biarritz was most interesting with its conspicuous wealth everywhere especially the Hôtel du Palais originally built for Emperor Napoleon III's wife Eugénie. Somehow, the Chemin de St Jacques is conspicuously not routed through Biarritz! At the town of Budart, one could see the Basque language and architecture everywhere.
