{"id":19510,"date":"2013-06-05T15:27:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=19510"},"modified":"2017-10-20T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:01:44","slug":"summer-fun-in-southwestern-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/summer-fun-in-southwestern-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Fun in Southwestern France!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">If you go on a Summer vacation to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>South West of France<\/strong><\/span>, you can choose between\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>la mer<\/em><\/strong><\/span> (the sea), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>la for\u00eat<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(the forest), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>la montagne<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(the mountain)&#8212;and you can also enjoy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>le sable <\/em><\/strong><\/span>(sand), lots of it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">People there call this place &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>la dune du Pyla<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">&#8220;, (&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Dune of Pyla<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">&#8220;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is <em>le Pyla?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">It&#8217;s also spelled with an &#8220;<\/span><strong>i<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">&#8220;, and a silent &#8220;<\/span><strong>t<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">&#8221; in the end (&#8220;<\/span><em><strong>P<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">i<\/span>la<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">t<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">&#8220;)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">, as in many French names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, &#8220;<em>Pilat<\/em>&#8221; (or &#8220;<em>Pyla<\/em>&#8220;) is technically not &#8220;French&#8221;, per se, as it originally comes from\u00a0one of the six main\u00a0<strong><em>Occitan\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>dialects known as\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Gascon\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span>(the other five being\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Languedocien<\/strong><\/em><\/span><strong>,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Auvergnat<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Limousin<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Provin\u00e7al<\/span><\/em>,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Vivaron-Alpin<\/em><\/strong><\/span><em>.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>In Gascon, the original word is &#8220;<strong><em>pilhar<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, which means a &#8220;<strong>heap<\/strong>&#8220;, also phonetically similar to the English word &#8220;<strong>pile<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Conlusion? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Le pyla\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(or <em><strong>pilat<\/strong><\/em>) is therefore just a &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>pile of sand<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wagas Festival 2013 | Dune du Pilat | Paragliding\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0SwYq3XZDR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Fun option on the Pyla:\u00a0<em>LE PARAPENTE\u00a0<\/em>(PARAGLIDING)<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>A little bit north to the dune, you can discover\u00a0<strong><em>le Bassin d&#8217;Arcachon<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There, you can go through some amazingly beautiful towns and villages such as\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>le Cap Ferret<\/em><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Pyla-sur-Mer<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(which is a\u00a0<strong><em>station baln\u00e9aire<\/em><\/strong>, meaning a\u00a0<strong>seaside resort<\/strong>),\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Andernos-les-Bains<\/strong><\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Claouey<\/strong><\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Petit Piquey<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Grand Piquey\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span>(to mention only these few names), all renown for their excellent\u00a0<em><strong>poissonneries\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(fisheries) and\u00a0<em><strong>fermes d&#8217;<strong>hu\u00eetres<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(oyster farms.)<\/p>\n<p>The Bassin d&#8217;Arcachon is also famous for what it contains in its middle: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>l&#8217;\u00cele aux Oiseaux<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, meaning &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Island of Birds<\/span>.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many\u00a0<strong><em>riverains\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(informal French word for &#8220;local residents&#8221;) who are in good athletic shape like to compete with each other by swimming from the coast of the\u00a0<strong><em>Bassin <\/em><\/strong>all the way\u00a0to\u00a0<em><strong>L&#8217;<\/strong><strong>\u00cele aux Oiseaux<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Not an easy feat, at all!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pQtisw9837A\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pQtisw9837A<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>French singer Pacal Obispo confesses that he fell head over heels for her: Not the lady in the video, but rather\u00a0<em>l&#8217;\u00cele aux Oiseaux<\/em><\/strong>.<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em>His song &#8220;<em>Tomb\u00e9 Pour Elle<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;Fell for Her&#8221;) is dedicated to both the Island and the <em>Bassin d&#8217;Arcachon\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/7845876524_7a89e1d55d-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/7845876524_7a89e1d55d-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/7845876524_7a89e1d55d-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/7845876524_7a89e1d55d.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>If you go on a Summer vacation to the South West of France, you can choose between\u00a0la mer (the sea), la for\u00eat\u00a0(the forest), la montagne\u00a0(the mountain)&#8212;and you can also enjoy le sable (sand), lots of it! 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