Arcantis Hotel Esplanade Eden Lourdes

After breakfast, we drove through a marmot filled ski resort to start our 2 hour hike. We walked through the free range cattle to the top of a 7,000 foot hill with sweeping view of the Cirque du Gavarnie. The sun was out and we had a lovely time. It was cool to see the Breche du ...

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 ...

The next morning we set off early-ish for our 6 hour walk back along the top ridge of the canyon. Beautiful! It was interesting to look at the Breche de Roland (a famous gap break in the ridge) knowing that just on the other side was the French valley were staying. 10 KM in a ...

... 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.
 
 

... again and sleep until the next day. Monday, March 24 I don't remember the exact order in which we did things on Monday, but I do know we: 1. went to the underground basilica 2. had more crepes 3. took a nap 4. visited the cachot 5 tried to find out what some letters stood for 6 saw a room full of statues of different saints and lots of joans of arc 7 saw the bernadette movie 8 visited a really old cemetery 9 went to the most amazing Musée ever created 10 ...

... back home from Bolivia - Warm ski jacket (Mar07, Patagonia), sent back home from Ecuador - Raincoat, given in Bolivia - Light sleeping bag (Got it with my car in Darwin), given to a traveller in Patagonia - Warm (-18 degC) sleeping bag (Mar07, Patagonia), sent home from Bolivia _______________________________________ _____________________ ______ Have a look at the Summary Page - Please sign my Guest Book

Today was a regular school day. I really like Alice (pronounced Elise here). She is very pretty, sweet, and nice. My teacher has been sick since last Friday. I have only seen him once. I forgot to tell you yesterday, but we saw a man going "pepe publique" on Caroline's birthday. We thought it was his dog, but it was actually him. We had quiche tonight.