Wednesday, Biking South of Arcachon

We spent another day biking on the beautiful trails that run just behind the Atlantic beaches around Arcachon, about thirty miles east of Bordeaux. Just south of town we stopped and climbed a three hundred meter sand dune, filled that day with children on field trips. The dune stretches for about 6 kilometers south of town, part of a great ridge of sand pushed in by the Atlantic storms.

Here is a class climbing the dune with their teachers.

This photo only hints at the vastness of the great dune and the sandbars just seaward of it. 

We loved this little girl's head scarf/miter

We're biking down the Atlantic coast on a wonderful trail through the pine forests just behind the Atlantic beaches.

Here is the entrance to our hotel, the Regina, a rambling old aging beauty built in the local style. With 14 foot ceilings and giant windows, it was very comfortable with a lit swimming pool under our second story windows.

Betsy is standing on the middle of a beautiful iron footbridge that connects the residential neighborhood  with a beautiful belvedere looking out over the bay. 

Here is one of the views from the belvedere looking out over the bay.