Exploring Bisca Waters

Hello darlings, I am back with another blog post!

Not long after I arrived in Biscarrosse, my roommate - Karen - also arrived, and we were invited to go check out the lake to the south of us with one of the teachers we work with at the Bisca Plage elementary school. Seeing as I don't go to lakes very often, I was pretty hyped about it. I mean, I don't swim but I'm all for fun in the sun. This lake was the smaller one, but it was still pretty big and stretched out pretty far.

The day was beautiful too, it was warm with a light cool breeze. At the lake, there's a boat club that people could join if they want to go sailing. I'm not a big fan of boats, but I thought that was cool. Also, in the summer, people can just sit on the lake beach (yes, this lake has a proper beach) and chill or have a picnic. I'm writing this in the middle of fall now so I can't go enjoy the full splendor of the lake, but it was soooo prettyyyyyy.

For those of you who didn't read my earlier posts about my journey to France, Biscarrosse is not only a lake town, it's a beach town. Yes. With rolling waves and bipolar currents. Biscarrosse Beach (Bisca Plage) is a 15-minute drive from where I live and it's quite a site to see. I came at the tail-end of the tourist season, so the beach was also clean as well. The thing about the beach is that it's really long. The sands expand out along the coast for a heft stretch, so it's possible to hike the beach if you so choose. Furthermore, Bisca Plage has so much to offer, particularly in the summer.

In the summer there are lots of events, the shops and restaurants are all open, and it's a sprawling vacation spot for the French. feel privileged, the average foreigner wouldn't think that a small town like this is actually famous within the borders of metropolitan France.

Like I said, it's autumn now so the scene is dead, but the location itself is very pretty. Just yesterday I went back to Bisca Plage to handle some bank stuff (that will be a different post, maybe a different page?) and I ended up exploring with my friend Anna. We also got great lunch at a decent price and discovered a great used book store. The book store is useless to people who don't read in French, but I just thought used book store lovers would appreciate the fact that there is one there. There are also cafes and restaurants that are open year-round rather than just in the summer, as is the post office and movie theater.

For more pictures of Bisca Lac and Bisca Plage, please check out the photo gallery tab.

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P.S.

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