French Pyrenees - July '01

 Week break to French Pyrenees

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Spain - Aug '00
Rhodes - May '01

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Amsterdam
Munich
Brugge

Geneva

Cannes

Malta

 

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Mozambique

 

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 Canada - Dec '00

Jamaica - Jun 04

 

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Bath

Cotswold

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Hilary & Martin

Brian & Rachelle

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Mom & Dad '00

Mom & Dad '01

 

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 Bonjour,

Sandy I thought we needed a break and headed south to the hills (French Pyrenees) for a week.

The Pyrenees mountains are stunning with very quaint villages nice food and cold beer.

We stumbled across a village that had life size puppets (see photos) standing, sitting and hanging from most buildings in the village. We drove up to the top of Tourmalet,. Man, I have maximum respect for the Tour de France cyclists that have to cycle over this mountain!!

We visited an Eagle sanctuary with a stunning display. This area has a number of ski resorts and I am sure we will be back to take the kamikaze run down the slopes in winter.

Highlight of the trip was the new friendships we made with two stunning couples Tim & Lin and Paul & Helen.

Au revoir