{"id":859,"date":"2010-11-09T12:16:42","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T10:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/?p=859"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:44:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T21:44:23","slug":"6-corners-of-the-hexagon-basque-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/6-corners-of-the-hexagon-basque-country\/","title":{"rendered":"6 corners of the Hexagon: Basque country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After traveling almost constantly (one three-night stay, a few twos, but mostly singles) for about three weeks, ever since leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/archives\/841\">Chinon<\/a>, we were grateful to arrive in Gu\u00e9thary, just north of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. We stayed in a little vacation apartment for a week and were able to catch up on laundry and even do some cooking.<\/p>\n<table align=\"right\" style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/images\/stjeandeluz.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/images\/stjeandeluzs.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"St Jean de Luz, France\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><i>St.-Jean-de-Luz<\/i><font size=\"1\"> &copy;<\/font> LKL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Gu\u00e9thary is tiny and cute, but Saint-Jean-de-Luz and neighboring Ciboure are truly lovely. We&#8217;d thought that it would be quick and easy to get there from Gu\u00e9thary, but traffic was horrendous, even in September: there&#8217;s a toll road, but most people choose the free and therefore far more crowded Route Nationale. 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