IRG41

Biarritz, France

May 2010

Date

May 9-13, 2010

Venue

Port Vieux, Biarritz, France

Opening Reception

Port Vieux

Excursion

Arcangues is a beautiful village, famous thanks to the singer Luis Mariano: we visited the village centre and the school with its blue shutters, the pelota court and the church with its unique nave.
Then, we visited the Arnaga villa and its garden: Edmond Rostand, author of Cyrano de Bergerac, decided to buy in 1902 several hectares on the hill to build an exceptional neo-Basque house. The excursion continued with the discovery of the Basque villages with the visit of Espelette and the farming of its famous red pepper: the pepper, used in the Basque cuisine, is part of the Basque tradition. A local producer explained the different steps of the farming and organized a tasting of Espelette red pepper. Finally we had a fabuloussurprise dinner in downtown Biarritz.

Banquet

Port Vieux

Local Organizing Committee

Pierre Bonfils (Chair), Denis Boisseau, Gérard Deroubaix, Philippe Gerardin, Eric Heisel, Marc Jequel, Alain Jermannaud, Isabelle Lebayon, Laurence Podgorski, Marie-France Thevenon, Catherine Weber, Edmond Wozniak