Les crevettes

The gals and I seriously spent the entire weekend eating. We went from restaurant to ice cream shop to pastry shop and back to the restaurant again. I, no doubt, gained 5 pounds and had to pull out the big girl swimsuit (I bought this in Italy where I also ate and ate and ate...seems to be a running theme!).

Since we were by the sea, there was fresh seafood aplenty and I stuffed myself with shrimp, scallops and mussels. My favorite dish below. I ordered shrimp about 3 out of 5 dinners regardless of the restaurant we were in. I just loved them so much.

The size of my hand. SO good! 

The gals and I treated ourselves on Saturday night to dinner at Le Pim'pi, the top rated restaurant in Biarritz on TripAdvisor, and it didn't disappoint. We went three courses and shared a bit of everything. I had this awesome duck stuffed pepper with mushroom sauce that was soo good. If the waitress had brought out a bath with the sauce, I would have jumped in. YUM!

The steak that was shared. YUM! 

Coffee and mini dessert! I don't even drink coffee, but wanted to try bites of all desserts so ordered this little gem. A mini rum cake, creme bruelee and chocolate mousse. So good! 

Other treats at the weekend. 

Breakfast Jambon - This was three portions. We're not pigs!

I became obsessed with Salted Caramel Ice Cream when I was studying last year in France. The girls had to tell me to shut up because I may or may not have freaked out every time I saw it on the menu. We ordered this to share and instead of ordering 4 spoons, we ordered 4 pigs. oops! 

Salted Caramel Ice Cream 

Pretty Macaroons 

My happy G&T 

Obsession Continued - Salted Caramel Lollipop!  

Sun and Sand

I had the best time with the girlies this weekend in Biarritz! We arrived on Friday and it was HOT- so so HOT. We were sweating just standing still. We dropped our suitcases off and headed straight to the beach for a chilled glass of wine and proceeded to spend the evening eating and drinking and eating.

Some pics from the weekend.

The gals on the beach 

The gals at dinner 

Walking along the cliffs 

Lovely stone thing :) 

Gorgeous view of Biarritz 

Silly pics! 

Oh my goodness the crowds! 

Biarritz at night 

Mangez, Mangez

Ekks... I've been neglecting my poor blog. It's been nuts busy at work and when I get home I don't want to even look at a keyboard. Waa...

Following up from the last post, after the race, all I did was eat... lots and lots. I deserved it after running 13 miles, no?

Before the race, the gang and I went out to dinner to this lovely restaurant right by the Galleries de Layfette. I don't know what it was called but it was really nice. We got there around 7 but by the time we were done, there was a queue around the corner. I had never seen anything like it!

I loaded up on pasta (not very French) and baguettes (C'est bon!). I also tried French escargot for the first time. The sauce was aMAZ-ing- garlicky, buttery and full of green stuff (pesto, maybe?).

Delicious Escargot- Eaten the night before the race 

The Gang 

After the race, my running buddy and I went and had our own private little celebration. The rest of our group actually went to watch the Irish/French rugby match. I had no desire to sit in the cold after the run- instead I stuffed my face with Steak Frites and red wine. YUM!

We met up with the gang again at an Irish pub to try and find the Irish rugby players. I had a pre gin and tonic stretch.

After a fun night out, we met up at a little cafe by the Eiffel Tower for some crepes and croissants for breakfast. The place was cute but VASTLY overpriced - seven euro for orange juice! Still we got to see the cutest French scene below. We were creepily watching this couple for a good 20 minutes. The guy was trying to strike up a conversation with this pretty lady. It was really cute to watch, and then he moved over to her table and started chatting with her.