America Lourdes

... from the French side, knowing that just on the other side was the Ordessa Canyon that we had walked 3 days early.

Back at the Hotel Chili, Sue defended her title as mini-golf champion, even though all the obsticals had been removed. After dinner, Sue checked out the ...

Tom drove Eva to the train station in Lordes and after lunch we all went for a hike to the base of the Cirque de Gavarnie. Impressive!! The walls are 1,000 meters up, 50% taller than El ...

... line, 150 KM by car. Back at our car around 2, we set off on a driving tour of one small section of the Spanish Pyrennees. Amazing! We were very glad to have done it. Once we got back to the French side we spent most of time driving along Tour de France roads. Amazing to ...

... cute main town. Clearly, rock climbing is very popular in this area. In the photos, play "spot the climber."

                 

On Sunday, we checked into new home, Hotel Chili, which is all self-contained apartments. The accommodation was simple but was made up for by the giant lawn with Mini-Golf course, free range chickens, and playground within walking distance. And FREE LAUNDRY!!! Needless to say, Sue was in heaven. We played Mini-golf that night and Sue kicked Tom's butt. Embarrassing...

       

The next day, we took the kids for a lunch time hike along the GR10 to Lac du Gaube with a view of Vignemale the highest mountain in the French ...

We spent a lazy day in and around our hotel, casually visiting Luz Saint Sauveur, about 10 minutes from our hotel. We also drove up to Gavarnie, the famous Cirque in the region. There weren't much in the ways of views as the mountains were in the clouds.
 
 

... no introduction. After a bit of

souvenir shopping at the top (where there is also a great café with some interesting Tour de

France artefacts), we descend to St Marie De Campan, and from here to our hotel in Campan.

WHAT I EXPERIENCED:

We had just climbed the Col d'Aubisque and I was almost at the bottom of the Col behind my friend, Paul Middlemiss, when the ...

... and shipped them home... not detailed here _______________________________________ _____________________ 146 CAMBODIA Duration of stay: 9 days Food/Drinks/Entertainment - 115 usd ; 92 euros ; 10,2 euros/day Tickets and other expenses - 85 usd ; 65 euros _______________________________________ _____________________ 157 VIETNAM Duration of stay: 26 days (24867 VND ; 1250 euros ; 16 euros/day/person) Food/Drinks/Entertainment - 12092 VND ; 605 euros ; 7 ...

We have SATs from back home this week. Mrs. Jeanene, the American lady from our church, is giving the exams to us every day at her house. This morning, we had Reading Comprehension (my favorite), and Reading Definitions. Then, we went to school, ate at the cafeteria, and took the afternoon classes. They are still mean to Juliette.