After lunch we rode for a few more kilometers and we came to the small town of Cambo-les-Bains, because Carmen was a tired we checked into a hotel. In the basement of the Hotel Du Trinquet on the edge of the river La Nieve they had a Jai-Alai court there they also played Pelota. We had to store our bikes in the basement and walk thru the area to get to our rooms. We rested, the room did not have air-condition so we kept the windows open,we were cool but the flys were out of control, we had a similar experience in France before. What is it with the fly's? We did not have any food in the room, thankfully at dusk they went away.
This evening we were not able to find a place for dinner, we took different roads out of town with our bikes, a kilometer this way or that way, we were ina small town with not much in the sorrounding. We should have eaten at the hotel but we didn't even think about that option. We took a walk around the small town and found an area near the church were some teens were practicing the game of Pelota. Carmen walked around the cemetery and I moved closer to the guys practicing. I started up a conversation with the trainer and discovered that he had the title of World Champion with Pelota which is one of the top sports in the Basque Region . They let me try out the game with me hitting the ball a few times with their coach. At the end, the trainer gave me a Pelota to keep as a memento which I ended up leaving a week later at a hotel because I did not have space for it.
This evening we were not able to find a place for dinner, we took different roads out of town with our bikes, a kilometer this way or that way, we were ina small town with not much in the sorrounding. We should have eaten at the hotel but we didn't even think about that option. We took a walk around the small town and found an area near the church were some teens were practicing the game of Pelota. Carmen walked around the cemetery and I moved closer to the guys practicing. I started up a conversation with the trainer and discovered that he had the title of World Champion with Pelota which is one of the top sports in the Basque Region . They let me try out the game with me hitting the ball a few times with their coach. At the end, the trainer gave me a Pelota to keep as a memento which I ended up leaving a week later at a hotel because I did not have space for it.
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