This past Summer I was super fortunate to join my sister and her friend Kathleen in Europe for almost three weeks. We packed in a LOT, as you'll soon see, and while I can't/won't complete an entire travel guide (not a travel blogger!) I wanted to share some quick highlights. Carina and Kathleen are so great about travel planning and finding the good stuff, and I know it can be difficult and overwhelming to find great places to eat/drink/explore when you're visiting somewhere new!
So I'm sharing strictly "what we loved" in every city we visited. Comment below with any questions!
+ Les Halles de Bacalan modern food hall, we ate seafood at Les Requins Marteaux & it was delicious!
+ Day trip to Dune du Pilat, the highest sand dune in Europe! About an hour outside of Bordeaux.
+ Wandering around the gorgeous "old town" area at night, eating gelato from La Maison du Glacier.
+ Kathleen made the smart call to stay in the (very pretty) suburb of Mérignac, closer to where we'd explore wine country,
but still only a few Euro tram trip away from old town Bordeaux.
+ Pit-stopped in Saint-Jean-De-Luz driving to San Sebastián, a super cute Basque beach town. Grabbed
a baguette from a local bakery and had a beach picnic for lunch!
+ Saint-Émilion is a medieval village & wine growing region about 45 minutes from Bordeaux.
+ Rented bikes from the town tourism office & did a self-guided wine bike tour! Amazing & sweaty.
+ Went to three family owned & run wine châteaux (wine estates): Gaubert, Guillomet, and Rozier.
+ Explored the village (unbeknownst to us, there was a wine festival happening!), stopped at The Cordeliers Cloister - super neat, used to be a nunnery, now it's a wine bar and garden with gift shop.
Next up! What we loved in San Sebastián, Biarritz, Porto, and Aveiro!
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