Little Biarritz

Clearly I'm on a French vein right now, having just returned from the Basque part of the country where the above video was filmed.  I probably would have posted the film anyway, though, having spent a glorious month in this part of the world when I was 19. It was during the summer holidays, there was a huge group of my friends, and we camped at Fontaine Laborde - definitely the coolest campsite I've ever been too (although it's unfortunately closed now). I'm pretty sure I saw Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson eating at the site's restaurant. For realz!

Yeah, my friends didn't believe me either.

Video by Christophe Roberts via Cooler Mag

French Graffiti

France is a beautiful but battle-scarred country, which makes me assume that the above ruins are connected with WWII. Then again, perhaps I'm totally off the mark since no pomp surrounds these broken down buildings.  They're covered in graffiti and seem to have been plonked unceremoniously in the midst of holidaymakers, making for an incongruous backdrop to one of Capbreton's pretty but otherwise unextraordinary beaches.

All pictures by me.

Dreaming of Capbreton

i wanna live here

and here

and i want roses in my front garden

a view of an archaic water tower and jagged trees when i look up 

i want a vintage vehicle to meander through french towns in

to pass surf shops galore reminding me to get in the water

i want rivers to jump in when i'm sick of the waves

i want to be constantly inspired 

i want to eat fresh bread and fruit on a daily basis

i wanna wear miss-matching clothes because it's sunny and i don't care

to read vivid road signs with romanised words i might eventually understand

and pass sunbleached shops i'm so used to, i ignore

give me a boat so i can dream of escape on duller days

and let me sneer at the tourists, all porcine pink skin and outlandish parasol shades

maybe i can be a lifeguard

ride a bike all day

and stuff myself with tart au citron

living life under constant sunshine rays.

WITH LOADS OF CAMEMBERT.

Photos are all by me and are not from Instagram, for once. Taken in Capbreton, France.