southern france

Saturday morning my roommates and I hopped on a super early train and headed down to the western side of the south of France. We had originally planned to go to Hossegor to watch the Quicksilver Pro surf contest but it ended a couple days early so we were curious as to what the town would be like, post competition. We were lucky enough to catch a bunch of the surfers who hadn't left yet for the next contest in Portugal. The waves weren't awesome but we saw tons of guys out surfing and were super lucky to have about 75 degree weather with the sun shining bright. We were able to throw on our swim suits and soak up the sunshine - something I've definitely missed since being in Paris.

We walked through the neighboring towns of Hossegor and Cabreton to find tons of fresh seafood, yummy "boardwalk" treats like beignets (giant french donuts filled with nutella and whipped cream), and fun bars. We went to a few bars each night and met a lot of people from other countries (a lot of Australians and tons of Spaniards, since we were only about 30 min away from Spain) who there to watch the surf competition. It was really lively on Saturday night and definitely different from going out in Paris which was a lot of fun for us to mix it up. Sunday night we caught an incredible sunset while eating fresh seafood right on the water then headed back to a mostly English speaking bar with fun beach music. I loved the south and hope to get over to the Southwest side soon!

Here are a bunch of pictures from our weekend: