A man takes a bath in Biarritz beach, southwestern France
A man takes a bath in Biarritz beach, southwestern France, January 10, 2007 as temperatures reached an unseasonably warm 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit). France got off to a record-breaking start to 2007, with several cities recording their highest temperature for early January, including Nimes, Marseille, Strasbourg and Lyon. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE)