Saturday 5th April
Today has been another WOW day in the trip. We woke this
morning to sunshine and a tiny bit of warmth from the sun, all boding well for
our drive south.
Our drive to Spain was around 140km and took us through
gorges and up and over mountains in the Pyrenees. We decided on the shorter
route even though the road was twistier and not the major road and we thought
there would be more to see. We were not disappointed. The gorge drive was
pretty spectacular as it wound along the river with the road at times carved
out of the overhanging rock, and very narrow. Glad it was a quiet day on the
road and we didn't meet too much coming the other way.
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| Yes, the road goes through the mountains |
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| Glad I'm not in a bus! |
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| Castle ruins perched on a hill |
Under our original instruction to take the shortest route,
Dora asked us to turn right at a road junction where we were greeted with the
sign Ferme – Closed. Road ahead was closed due to snow. OK – so we’ll follow
the other cars that seem to be aware of this and stick to the more major road.
This road took us up to the ski fields to a height of around
1600m. We were quite excited at our first sign of snow and stopped to take a
photo, never imagining what photo opportunities were ahead. Around every corner
the views just got better and better. Lots of photos and now I have to edit
them.
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| Snow... |
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| More snow... |
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| And more snow. |
We stopped on the way for a coffee in one of the ski villages – really pretty.
Sat outside for coffee as one does in France but were glad to get back to the
warm car.
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| Coffee in the town square |
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| Small market - bought spice and orange cake |
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| Chico and Paprika |
The timeshare is really relaxed and very friendly staff.
They are very helpful with everything and helped us to arrange hot air
ballooning for tomorrow morning. There is another Australian couple here and we
are going together. Today is our 31st wedding anniversary and we
have just had dinner in the hotel restaurant with Roger and Gloria (from
Adelaide).
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| Our hotel in Bellver de Cedanya |
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| View out through the hotel gate |
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| The hotel dogs - loco loves his ball |
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| A sneak preview at some Spanish cakes |
Off to bed now as we have a very early start tomorrow.
Happy Anniversary, what a great place to spend it. Have fun in the balloon, the scenery will be amazing.
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