March 12, 2022
Finding the light
Day 22 - rest day Saint-Jean-de-Luz
It was exciting to think we would be entering a new country, except the enduring terribleness of the day rather dampened the experience. Also, the border was just a road with one policeman where we didn't even have to stop.
After that, it has been a bit difficult (for me) adjusting to France. My Spanish was coming along well, but I hardly speak a word of French. And maybe it's just the nature of the seaside tourist hot spot, but so far pretty much everything seems a lot more expensive and often inferior. €3.50 for a coffee with cream?
Not that it doesn't look nice, of course! Not a single sign of the rainstorm that plagued us yesterday.
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We are still excited for the next phase of our trip - the Pyrenean foothills! We will be following this route from cycle.travel. They call it a "challenge route" but, perhaps stupidly or arrogantly, I don't think the climbing looks too bad... If we hate it, we can always divert to Toulouse and follow the canal down to the coast. Sarah's sister wants to visit for a few days, exact location pending, so we might stop still or change our route for that reason.
It's only 600km long - we'll be at the Mediterranean before we know it!
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