The basque country is not good for the waist line. There's no denying that most French like to eat but here at least when family comes over or there's a festival most of the day is reserved for eating and drinking.
We arrived in Tarnos, a suburb of Bayonne, yesterday around noon and went straight to Cyrille's grandmother's house. There we had a noonday meal, (buffalo mozzarella/tomato salad, sirloin steak with onions, potatoes with fresh cepe mushrooms!!!!!, cheese, fromage blanc with berries, lots of wine and pastis)which lasted until 4 and then at 5 went to Cyrille's great uncle's house for the aperitif (more pastis and champagne), and then at 9 went to the festival where there were more aperitifs (pastis) and dinner(tuna steak, pipperade, bardos cheese, gateau basque, and of course more wine), which concluded around midnight-1in the morning. What did i do in between eating and drinking, sit and chat!
Now i am not complaining because the food was excellent, the conversations were greatly amusing, and of course the French are adorable! But I am likely to come back weighing a ton! It's ok, i'm on vacation!
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I'm sorry for my sarcasm but don't they say that "French Women Don't Get Fat"? :-)
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