Inter- Hotel De Gramont Pau
3, place Gramont, (formerly Minotel) Pau, Aquitaine, 64000, France
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The Pyrenees
We left the gorgeous Atlantic coast and headed an hour and a half east to the base of the Pyrenees. The old town centre sits up on a hill and the panoramic views of the Pyrenees is a pretty decent backdrop. When we rolled into town and found our hotel, our first impression was that it seemed to be a pretty normal looking and feeling place with the diversity one would expect from a French city.
We stopped in at the Tourism Office and chatted with the ...
The countryside calls...
Enjoying a relaxed day in the countryside at my brother's: I had breakfast, sat outside in the sun for a bit, had a shower, had lunch, went for a bike ride (2nd one this year, after about 5 years of not getting on a bike! I'd actually forgotten how to ride a bicycle...) in the deep countryside. Saw some geese, ducks, houses being built, lots and lots of trees and chestnuts on the ground. The sun was warm and the air was fresh. Perfect. But now my bum is a little sore.
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Pau vervolg
Zo de rustdag is besteed zoals een rustdag bedoeld is. Beetje uitslapen, langzaam ontbijten enz. Tegen de middag met Diane naar het station gefietst Diane gaat terug naar Orleans en heeft een treinkaartje nodig. Omdat ze haar fiets mee moet nemen is dat een gepuzzel. Uiteindelijk kan ze woensdag om 17.30 met de trein richting Orleans, wel een keer overstappen. Dat wordt nog een beetje spannend, overstaptijd ...
Pau
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So what happened during my week actually spent in Pau...
Oh! One day I went to a friend of theirs house and we played on Singstar....try singing a song you don't know in a language you don't speak!!!
But after that we went to go watch Captain America (in English, with French subtitles)....at the actual cinema I might add too - looks like a lot of the films are played in English!
Then after ...
Stage 16 – Pau Arrival, le Tour de France 20
... minutes left we hear, then see, the helicopters! They are following the riders so we know they’re close. We check the big screen TV and they are only 5k away! The crowd is yelling and pushing forward at this point. It’s utter craziness and sound deafening. Finally, the lead car and police come through, people are screaming and beating on the barrier boards, and seconds later the lead group lead by our own Lance Armstrong flash in front of us. ...



