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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

... Silicon Valley of Scotland; the Niagra Falls of Kansas, etc.) We arrived in time to claim the best bunk beds in the place (lucky) before enjoying a simple hearty meal and a noisy, but surprisingly comfortable night's sleep.

                     

... of a very kind french family, they showed me to the most incredible Gite along with its own swimming pool and hammocks in the garden and my very own room, heaven! It was certainly going to be very difficult to leave here in a hurry. But needs must... By now I am starting to by on large stick to the walking times suggested in my guidebook, it's taken a month to do so, become walking fitter...todays hike would take me from Germ to Lac D'Oo ...

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I'm making some progress following a well needed rest day yesterday at Lac de l'Oredon. However I made up for the rest day today with nearly 1500 metres of descent, I thought my knees would start to scream as I took each step down (like a moth as it burns itself touching a hot bulb).

No crisis to report, but I thought I'd mention the fauna I've seen since trekking the GR10:

Snake - type unknown, I didn't hang around to find out, but it was big enough to do ...

... their hoses drenching the group of us walking in the street. It was fun to dance in the water too. After that craziness we went wandering the streets where in an alley we found a group of the drummers putting on a show and dancing through the alleys. We walked to the different squares which each had its own show going. All of Barcelona was on the streets until late into the night. Sunday was relaxing and finally at night we took a walk where we ...

... by understanding which major city the highway you are on goes to. You follow these signs until you see the smaller city that you are trying to navigate to. The whole system works pretty well. We ended up using two different types of toll systems. The first one was like a typical US toll, where you pay the amount when you approach the gate. The second toll was different because you pulled a ticket at the first gate ...

600 km of concrete and asphalt passed by the car window. (8am -8 pm: at one stage the traffic so bad we did 100 km in 3 hours, gulp....just so not like Australia) The highlight was an early bike ride to get a coffee and baguette before the days drive and the catch up with all the boys when we finally made our rendervous at the base of the Pyrenees in a local ...

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.

... the summer, so not only did they have late nights with us they had to back up and work the next day as well. We arrived with all the intentions of seeing the sights but ended up spending a considerable amount of time enjoying the comforts of home, TV's, couches, fridges, couches, videos, couches. We did set out for a day's sightseeing on Sunday and managed a visit to a nice waterfall and were heading out of town up to the local ski resort, called Super ...

... we heard these really loud bangs. I thought it was just construction, but the thunderous claps got louder and louder, like they were moving towards us. Shortly after, out the window we saw some older men in some traditional garb, packing these oversized shotguns full of powder, and then with a pump of the handle they would fire them into the air. We went out to get a closer look, but quickly shied back inside when we discovered that we could probably go deaf being that ...