Auberge de l'Arac Aleu
Castet d'Aleu, Ariege-Pyrenees Aleu, Midi-Pyrénées, 09320 Aleu, France
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The Pyrenees, not Paris
When you speak to people who have travelled to France, I guarantee that most of them will say they have been to Paris, and Paris only. So when we decided to visit France for the first time, we were off to the Pyrenees, not Paris. Why the Pyrenees, why not? So after hiring a car in Spain and driving up from Madrid into the Pyrenees, we were over the moon that we chose the Pyrenees not Paris for our first visit to France.
When people go to Paris, they often enter ...
Its Tina Turner
Well yesterday Carole decided to go for another walk - climed 150m up the mountain and walked from Fos to home (about 6km). Collected loads of Chestnuts along the way so when they arrived we got the pan on and had hot freshly cooked chestnuts and beer.
After ...
Walk the Walk
... well!!!
It was the Assemblee General de l'Office de Tourisme des Vallees de St Beat this evening but unfortunately we couldn't go because we have a chalet-full of guests. Have to look on the blog to see what was discussed.
I made mushroom curry - we haven't had that in at least 6 months - delicious.
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No sleep or rest for the wicked!!!
Just looked at Carole and she has panda eyes - she didn't go to bed at all last night and it is 1330 and she is still on the computer.
This is supposed to be our quiet month, a time for painting the bedoroms, sprucing up the furnishings and doing an Autumn Clean but the weather is drawing the guests in still.
Tomorrow we have a full house.
Annie and Guy (guests who are now friends) ...
Autumns around the corner
Looked out of the window and realised how lucky I am to live in the middle of these mountains. The Pic du Gar is absolutely clear today, the ski is deep blue with no clouds and the temperature is around 27 degrees.
Looking at the mountains though, the trees are just starting to turn orange (well some of them) so we know autumn is around the corner breathing down on the countryside.
Carole signed up for the ...


