Massive day at Les Halles.

Giant special fireworks.

The downside of France: everywhere outside you smell cigarette smoke. In cafés, plazas, just walking around

A.I. stuff: The August 15th fireworks show (Biarritz sous les étoiles) is one of the biggest summer events on the French Basque Coast. The significance and symbolism behind the date stem from two major cultural reasons:

1. Assumption Day (L’Assomption)

2. Napoleon III & Biarritz’s Royal Heritage.  he built a palace here and turned this fishing village into what it is today. 

August 15th was historically Saint-Napoléon Day (la Fête Napoléon), the official national day established under Emperor Napoleon III.

Perfect!

Perfect hard crust

Dual fireworks, from the lighthouse and from the big rocks. both displays converge over the plage.

One of the best fireworks we have seen. Some really creative hearts, and stars and weeping willows and on and on and on really first rate.