Surfing Biarritz, exploring Saint-Jean de Luz & gourmet dinner at Briketenia

Our second day in Biarritz obviously started with a surf session. We went on the Grande Plage, the main beach, rented two surf boards & spent the following 3 hours into the waves!

Btw, they're super kind at the surf shop on the Grande Plage.

Hungry for all the surfing, we went to a nice place we noticed the day before for a yummy sandwich.

La Prosciutteria is an Italian deli store, where they prepare fresh sandwiches on demand with a special Italian bread & you can chose from a large variety of meats, cheese & vegetables coming from their own farm in Tuscany.

Our strength regained & keen to explore more the surroundings, we rented a scooter & off we went.

Stopping here & there to admire the view 

the surfers 

& the people paragliding

We eventually arrive to our final destination Saint-Jean de Luz, which we heard to be a very cute town.

We wandered the little streets

Visited Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, where June the 9th 1660 King Louis XIV married Maria Theresa, the Infant of Spain.

We walked along the beach

Saint-Jean de Luz beach is different from the other beaches nearby, for it is protected from the waves by three sea walls, resulting in a calmer & relaxing place, suitable for all the family to swim & play in the water. 

The beach is surrounded by beautiful houses

We passed the port & we finished our walk through Saint-Jean de Luz with a drink in the main square.

We also tasted the mouchou, a local biscuit, similar to a macaron, but softer. I actually liked it most than macarons.

We just had the time to go back to the hotel to change ourselves, that it was time to go out again.

A friend of mine who lived in the region, suggested Briketenia, a Gourmet restaurant with Michelin starred chef, located in Guethary.

& that's where we went for dinner to celebrate our first wedding anniversary <3

We had the season menu, which consists of a starter, a fish based main dish plus a meat based main dish & dessert. Everything was delicious, but for me it was a little bit too much, I should have had only one main dish, as I ate so much that it took some of the pleasure of the dinner away.

Anyway, we started with a champagne cocktail & some nibbles

Followed by a yummy gaspacho soup

To continue with our starters, confit trout with soya, asparaguses & wasabi for me

& fois gras (French people can be barbarian sometimes, I know) with red fruits for hubby

Then it was time for gifts!! *excited emoticon here*

The first year we were together I offered hubby a photo book to remember all the things we did during the passed year. Since then, I'm offering him a photo book every year.  

I include photos of our travels, but also of the little things of our everyday life, work life, etc... I think that when we will be grey & old & we'll have dozens of those books, it'll be so nice to look back at them :)

As it was our 1st wedding anniversary, we decided to make each other a beautiful gift. So I offered him a pair of Cartier cuff links. You can't see them well in the picture, but they're so beautiful. They have blue stones & I made them engraved: on the first one there's written "1 year" & on the second one "Many to come" :)

& I had a pair of Louboutin!!!!! :))) I had a little note with a quiz & the answer was Louboutin & then we'll go together to choose them. It was the first time that hubby didn't choose a gift on his own, but I'm so glad he didn't as it'll be fun to go together to try & choose my dream, red soles shoes :)

Let's back to dinner, shall we? Our fish arrived & it was delicious - though I cannot remember which fish was - & look at the beautiful shell-shaped dish too

Followed by the meat - cannot remember exactly what was it neither, sorry ;)

Then you can have optional cheese, before dessert, that obviously hubby wanted. A waiter will then arrive with a huge cheese platter, from which you can choose the ones you wanna taste.

& then dessert arrives. A wonderful chocolate affair!

As if it was not enough, after the dessert another dessert arrived! A sort of a coconut mousse & lollipops

So that was a special, wonderful dinner! :) if you're looking for a fancy restaurant in the Pays Basques you should definitely give Briketenia a try. In addition to the delicious food, waiters are really kind & you'll enjoy a beautiful view over the countryside from the windows.

I'd like to say that after all this food we at least had a digestive walk to the hotel, but we were actually quite far & took our scooter instead! ;)

More Biarritz adventures tomorrow! <3