Foix, France Travel Blogs

Foix, France
Aug 21, 2007

Foix, France Lisa: Tomorrow we head toward Biarritz, to see the "surf beach" and Spain for the first time. We've had a quiet stay here in Foix, getting caught up on our travel blogs and Internet since we haven't been on a such a long while. It's been ...

Weekends in the mountains
Feb 4, 2008 (12 photos)

For my last weekends in Toulouse I headed to the mountains... The weather was beautiful with snow but only on the mountain caps. Maybe we needed a little bit more snow! I love my region, it's very pretty!! The skiing pictures are from St Lary, a ...

Freebie Newbie
Jul 16, 2008 (2 photos)

... is after seeing this. The final kilometre is blocked off but we got to look up the street at least. After Foix we renavigated to Lannezman with the intention of driving the course backwards and just stopping when we found somewhere good. After the ...

Day 1: Louviers - Foix
Jul 4, 2007 (3 photos)

... cheaper in Andorra... as well as cigarettes, rhum, and other stuff. So we decided to go from Orleans down to Toulouse and pursue to Foix, where we finally camped in an under-constuction lot. We stopped at 2 in the morning, and slept as late as 10, so we ...

The end of an Exciting Month
Jul 30, 2008

So after working one intensive session at American Village, luckily the second session went by very fast! Activities were already planned, people knew what to do, things went so much easier!!!! Life was definately better the second half of July! (I ...

I hear you....
Jun 26, 2008

... train as well! I spotted them almost immediately...Engrish! I met two lovely girls at the train station and we headed to Foix. We had no problems getting to Foix, but unfortunately three of our counselors arrived late...their trains were late...up and up ...

A bit more than I expected...
Jul 3, 2008 (17 photos)

I believe the past 3 days have been, probably, the most grueling, work wise. On arrival day, the kids arrived really late, about 7pm. Basically had the kids go through the "sign-in" process and listen to the director's rules and regulations speech really ...

Port Vendres, Collioure, Quillan and Foix
Jun 5, 2008 (8 photos)

... it wasn't open as the facilities weren't ready. Aaaaaaaaaargh!  The signs were some of the best we'd encountered in France, but the toilets were in pieces around the field! Back to plan B, we followed another well sign-posted route to ...

Pyrenees
Apr 19, 2007

Hi everyone Its been ages since our last news and i am having difficulty with french keyboards. Since our last news we spent a lovely few days in the Cotswolds with friends eating too much as usual and exploring the delightful countryside. The spring ...