For the benefit of those who are reading this blog for the first time, we had earlier decided to give ourselves another reason to look forward to Fridays 🙂 A holiday every Friday! Not exactly a real vacation every Friday but more of a photo re-cap of a trip we or either one of us have taken in order to re-live our past travels and all the related memories of each trip.
FANTASY FRIDAYS!
Destination, the Bay of Arcachon. Whereabouts? A bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the Southwest of France that is located about 50+ kilometres (30+ miles) from the famous vineyards in Bordeaux. The website of the Aquitaine region of France describes the Bay of Arcachon as “first of all a geomorphologic curiosity: a bay of 15000 hectares fed both by the ocean and a large number of waterways, producing an inland sea with the colours of a lagoon, bordered on one side by a blond crown of fine sand culminating at 104 metres: the Dune du Pilat. From its summit you can also see the beautiful Landes forest.”
What all that means is that the Arcachon Bay is a perfect playground for seaside/water-based activities such as swimming, fishing and sailing as well as for those keen to visit quaint fishing/oyster-fishing villages lining the perimeter of the Bay. The likes of Bolly would prefer to luxuriate in one of the resorts in the area and spend their day doing a.b.s.o.l.u.t.e.l.y. nothing whilst the likes of Chee who are keen for some adventures may wish to climb up the Dune du Pilat (Great Dune of Pyla), the largest sand dune in Europe measuring about 100 to 117 metres (328 to 340 feet) above sea level, 500 metres (1640 feet) wide and 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) long. It’s not exactly an easy climb but trust us, it’s worth the effort once you’re up there!
Feeling at home at Chez Pierre in Arcachon 🙂
Advantages of being located near to fishing/oyster-fishing villages…FRESH seafood…
Enjoying the tranquility of the Arcachon Bay…
Two ways up the Dune of Pyla…climb the dune or take the steps…
Take the steps while you can…climbing up the Dune is hard work…
Exceptional view from the top of the Dune with the Landes forest in the backdrop (and tiny tiny people)…
“The BollyChees have been here” 🙂
Bitten by the wanderlust bug yet?
🙂
(oops, publishing this slightly late on Saturday due to a technical glitch)
BOLLYCHEES IN PARIS 
Bitten and infected by that great bug! Ah, these pictures are gorgeous, and I love them 🙂
This is probably the only bug that we’re glad to be infected with! Thanks for the compliment and support! 🙂
Gorgeous beyond belief. Indeed the Bollychees were there. Virginia
Virginia, thank you for your generous compliment 🙂
Happily haven’t found a serum to combat that happy little bug … I love France, have covered a fair bit, but not this. Ah well, I guess I will have to return, again.
Pingback: Fantasy Fridays: C’est Les Vacances! | BOLLYCHEES IN PARIS