Aneto Hotel Huesca

... because we are up high and it was nice to breathe some fresh air. Jaca was a really cute little town, too, because it was little, and there was a cathedral there, with little golden seashells attached to the ground. The seashells lead the way to Santiago, and many people take a pilgrimmage from Compostela to Santiago, which is a month long journey. Huesca was also really small, and there was not a ...

Un petit TP de deux jours dans les Pyrénées dans le cadre du cours de Fonctionnement des écosystèmes. Bon...les écosystèmes du sud de la France étaient un petit peu décevant, mais les paysages étaient vraiment beaux.

La plus haute altitude à laquelle on s'est rendu : 2200 m

... 2 we were at the gates of the national park and set off on our 4 hour hike up to Refugio Goriz, at the base of Monte Perdido. Described as the Grand Canyon of Europe it was a lovely walk, but we agreed that anything described as the XX of YY never quite is ...

... for the mist. At times the route was a little scary tackling the rock fields. I didn't carry enough food and I hadn't really had enough to eat yesterday, so I was as keen as mustard (I'd have eaten mustard rather) to get to Luchon asap. So when the cable car came into view (I was one metre away to be able to see it) I considered my options; 2 more hours of descent or 5 euros 90 and down in a jiffy? What do you think? Okay my tent was ...

... some damage

Vultures... many varieties

Golden eagle x 2 ... huge... a shadow appeared over me and I thought it was a cloud blotting out the sun

Cat... I didn't mention 'Guardcat' who Jean and I befriended weeks ago whilst wild camping by a river in the first week. I'm pretty sure she was lost. Had I been able to post her home .... we did report her to the local shop keeper hoping someone would rescue her

Marmots.... lots of them, now there's a pet to ...

... debate on if we should stay up until the 9am bus we took a two hour snooze, waking up very out of it for a trip to the bus. Once on the bus we knew we were not the only students that had gone out the night/morning before. Before we even got out of the city the bus was dead quite and everyone was sleeping. After the bus took a break for a two hour lunch in a small mountain town all of us started to get excited about where we were. Mountains and ...

... like it and we will truly treasure this memory together. On the way down the mountain we definitely worked different muscles. Both of us felt muscle spasms as we walked down the mountain. The views on the way down were gorgeous as well. After stretching and resting we decided to head back to Toulouse. Our drive back was even easier than our drive to Lac d'Oo. The signs for Toulouse started within 15 minutes of ...

... oops kmph on the return trip to the valley below. Sensational stuff. We then lined up with the many ,many thousands of fans, for our first view of Cadel Evans and the Tour de France. See our video on Youtube http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=-B-4fhjwc DY what a day. We toasted the day with with a great meal at a local Restaurant, practising our school boy french.

On our way back from Carcassonne, we stopped in Figueres, France to visit the Salvador Dali museum. Dali was a surrealist so a lot of his works are strange and off the wall. Kevin didn't really get it but I thought it was very intersting thanks to my art history class. Take a look for yourself and decide what you think.

... herself leaving me to plummet the 40 cm drop on my own. Did I mention I was videoing myself during all this. Somehow at the time I managed to convince myself that it was all her fault, after all she only had to reach out and pull me to safety. Later we watched the video replay and after recovering from fits of laughter I was forced to admit that maybe I had only myself to blame. Pizza.... For lunch, three days straight. We did change pizza shops one ...