We hit the Atlantic Ocean.

IWe have a full complement of guests. Debbie and her daughter Hannah arrived by plane on Tuesday, Coralie ( another former exchange student) arrived by train on Thursday. We loaded ourselves and bags of stuff and headed off to the beach west of Bordeaux. 

The French are really serious about the beach. Lots and lots of people but the water was not as warm by a  long shot as the Mediterranean. We did brave the chilliness and make the most of it until we we driven out by a massive swarm of flies. There were also lots of light yellow butterflies flitting about. The water is very shallow and you have to walk a long way out to get even knee deep.

 There is a takeaway pizza place in the next town .We had an Agenois pizza with duck, olives, and mushrooms( they were out of prunes). Paysanne with caramelized onions, bacon and special savoyard  cheese. And Basques with chorizo, olives, peppers, and onions. All on a really thin crust and really good.

We watched France beat Switzerland in the World Cup 5-2. Lots of beer helped the pizza go down.