Relais Fasthotel Semeac
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Les Étoiles de Pau sont trés beau
... intrigued by the riders/horses that can jump higher than any of us can only dream of doing someday).
At the end of saturday the group was ready to go to the hotel and have a siesta. Dr Relav took me to my 2-star hotel where the receptionist was extremely pompous and quite rude. Apparently that place was the **** (I mean, the bathroom was conveniently arranged so you can use the toilet, brush your teeth, and wash your feet at the same time. However, breakfast was ...
Cushings Disease a le Casino? Mais oui.
... was no where to be found except at a garage far, far away. So of course we got lost. Charlotte thought it would be funny if I asked some teenagers for directions to the Casino in English, so I did. It wasn't funny, it was hilarious. The poor kids trying to help us did not understand why were were laughing so hard, until Charlotte blew our cover and told them that no, we were not infact American tourists (or at least one of us ...
Bonnie and Clyde -simples!
... evening as the temperatures are due to plummet overnight and some flurries of snow on the upper slopes forecast before going back to 11 degrees for the rest of the week. Hope we get some clear days for the parents that coming this, so they can at least see the mountains. Cuttings and potting up will have to wait until a dry spell.
Dodge has taken to digging up the garden in the pursuit of the small rodents that seem to burrow their way round our meadow. He ...
The Pyrenees
... over 3 meals.
Thursday we had our walking tour of Lourdes booked for 2pm.
On the way we stopped to take a ride on the funicular railway which goes up the
Pic du Jer. At 1000m this is one of the first foothills of the Pyrenees. The ride takes under 10 minutes and the views from the top are brilliant. As it was so clear you could hear the mass being held in the cathedral way down below in Lourdes.
Having spent an ...
Cock-a-doodle do or cock-a-doodle don"t
... and we ended up at the renovated fort village of Ainsa –very pretty and expensive, but then lunch was bought by Michel that day. For him a fair trade for not having to worry about the drive that day.
Aside from recipes and local history, we have also learned a bit more about our chalet. It was built by the old mayor of Campan, Monsieur Beghay. He and his brother were the big noises round here being wealthy wool merchants before the development of man ...