I enjoyed very much this journey in the Pays basque: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of the Basque country: the story of Biarritz (the fishermen village, the whaling, the seaside resort-Napoléon II and the empress Eugenie, les "Ours Blancs, the "Années folles"-Coco Chanel et Sacha Guitry-, the "Congés payés", the tents on the beach-the memories of Sophie Forgues and Isabelle Seys-,the beginning of the surfing in 1956-Claude Durcudoy-),the famous hams of the Pays Basque,(the espelette-chili-pepper, Martine Damois-the espelette pepper producer), the chocolatier Christophe Puyodebat (the chocolate withespelette pepper) , the Xareta region (the communes of Sare and Ainhoa-on the French side, of Urdazubi and Zugarramurdi-on the Spanish side-, the Basque language, the tories of contraband), the "Fêtes de Bayonne (one million of visitors, the male choirs, the traditional folk dances, the music in the peñas, the white and red colours), the Soule area (the "Souletin dialect, Niko Guiresse and Pette Jaragoyhen, the young women playing basque pelota, Aurélie Solanille and the Azia association-support to uyoung entrepreneurs), the Arrantza Leak choir ( Augustin and Joseph, the Basque sailmen, the red tuna fishing-Didier, Jacob and Yohan, the Basque diaspora in the world).
I enjoyed the encounters of Raphaël with Sylvain Denegreand Paxi on the Miramar beach of Biarritz, with Guillaume Josue,the upholsterer-the story of the Hôtel du Palais, the market and the tasting of cheese and ham-), with Stephan Maury, the caretaker of injured birds (the rack railway of the Rhune-the release of a common buzzard), with Jean-Jo Marmouyet in Bayonne (the "Fêtes de Bayonne"), with André Lascoumes ( the posters of the feria), with Nicolas Bengochea, the sheep shepherd (the transhumance in the Basque country), with Maitea Araguas in Saint-Jean-Pied-de Port (the office for the pilgrims to Compostela, the basque pelota stadium), with Anita Duhau in the Pedronia farm (the feeding and milking of the goats, the cheese factory, the organic farming) and with Bib at Saint-Jean-de-Luz (the surfing lesson and the band playing music ).