Solitude-Continental Lourdes

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 ...

The next morning we set off early-ish for our 6 hour walk back along the top ridge of the canyon. Beautiful! It was interesting to look at the Breche de Roland (a famous gap break in the ridge) knowing that just on the other side was the French valley were staying. 10 KM in a ...

... cute main town. Clearly, rock climbing is very popular in this area. In the photos, play "spot the climber."<br><br>                  <br>

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...<br><br>        <br>

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.<br> <br>  <br><br><br>

Aujourd'hui on est allée pour un autre marche de chandelle puis notre amie, Arlète a tombé sur un marche dans un flac d'eau et elle a casser le talon de son talon haut! Et après il-y-avait une autre madame que je ne connais pas mais elle a fait la même chose! C'était si drôle qu'on riait tout le ...

... I plan to go with a guide for the first days, cauz I don't know these horses. I'll see how they behave, how to take care of them, etc... And I'll see if I an get into an agreement to bring back the horse. Won't get me a better price, but maybe this way the seller may let me have a better horse. Kind of a rent. Haribo, any idea of in which aimag I can find the fittest horses after the winter? And still the same question: how much ground can you cover, approximately ...

Back in France. Started graduate studies in Engineering. Had a great 20th birthday, with lots of family and friends, and a special video flashback over these 20 years by my dad who had cleaned the dust on his Super 8 projector. New adventures, building personality and convictions, discovering true love, doing a variety of bad things to my brains, travelling as much as a student can afford,... Just life