Across to Socoa from Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Saint-Jean-de-Luz

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October 9th 2013
Geo: 43.3699, -1.68616Monday, we returned to Socoa for lunch at Chez Margot, one of the restaurants we had eyed up the previous day and which had good reviews. Not quite as busy as on the Sunday, the terrace tables were still buzzing with diners as we sat down under a sunshade with an idyllic view across the bay to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Around us day-to-day life was carrying on as normal as we sa ... read more

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