Me all geared up for the rain at Col d’AubisqueKalima and Bill on a soggy summitTrafficBeautiesPyrenees dog festival at Argeles GazostView from Terrace in Argeles Gazost, our base for many fabulous ridesAnd then we drive to Bagneres du Luchon, another base. This was the view from our hotel room the first night, during which we hardly slept because of drunkards shouting and fighting in the square below.That’s Spain, which we reached via the Col du PortillonToday, Sunday the 22nd, the autumn equinox, we rode to the Col du Peyresourde, climbed this July in the Tour de France. This is the valley we pedaled up.
And had lunch of omelettes and fritesMe, John, Bill at PeyresourdePeyresourde pass cafe proprietor showing us his “casse têtes”– brain teaser games……which we weren’t so good at solving…and back home to Luchon–time for laundry!
Bread is as central to French culture as suffering is to Buddhism, so we enjoyed this sign! OK, à bientôt mes amies!
