Best Western Beausejour 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.
 
 

... orange baby cot in the middle of the room. Now these are apartment style rooms so there is no front desk to call but after a thorough check of all of our possessions we have a good laugh at the hint.
We are now off to Biarritz which we hear has a nice surf beach but given some of the beaches we have seen in Europe (very beautiful but rocks instead of sand and no waves) we are night holding out much hope...

... mon arrivée. Je n'ai pas eu le temps d'embrasser les grand-parents ausi longuement que j'aurais voulu, mais on se rattrapera à mon retour! Une dernière photo polaroid sur le quai, avec ma chère maman et mes deux comparses de crapahute... Merci encore Manue! _______________________________________ ___________________________ Si le départ a été quelque peu chaotique, c'est peut-etre aussi que la préparation ...

... sure I will be soon. We got an email from Donna Stringer, the lady taking care of Andie, our cat. She said it is going well, and Andie has found a computer chair that he loves. Donna is not allowed to sit in it without his permission. Last night, Caroline and I went to the window and there were hundreds of people walking down the road with candles.