Ibb Aragon Hills Hotel Y Spa Sallent de Gallego - Formigal

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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.

                     

... 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.
 
 

Toay we left school. Angela and I wore cowboy hats, and Caroline and Rachel wore bandannas on their heads. That was the fun part. The school gave Caroline, Angela, and I each a book. Caroline is Asterix and Obelix, and mine is about Bears in the Pyrenees. Everyone gave us bisous, hugs, and notes. I'm going to miss everyone! Tonight we went to my dad's French student's birthday party at a cafe. Caroline and I had our first Shirley Temples.

We had a candlelight service at church today. Afterwards, we had chicken for lunch. We went inside the chateau for the first time. It was cool. The tour was in French, but the admission was free. We saw the Queen's apartment, and it was pretty. It was a blue-green color, and there was a satin mattress. Mrs. Peterson said that the king was allowed to go to the restroom in a chamber pot, but everyone else ...