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[9 vs. 15]All day in Spain Start from  Hostal Parque Natural in BenasqueNew reservation for today on booking.com for €77Drive 200 km along the Spain-French border towards Bask country and Bilbao Arrive to monastery Hospedería de LeyreConfusing walk for a sacred water source – Fuente de San VirilaDinner at the monastery   Friday, […]

[10 vs. 14] Start from Hospital de Benasque Bus to trailhead Climbing up to 3,000 meters We can see Aneto (3,404 m) in a distance and a snowy path to it with gradual elevation Turn back around 3PM One more night in Benasque     Thursday, July 17, 2014 Overview […]

[12 vs. 12] – Midpoint of this vacaion Tuesday, July 15   [ . . .  in progress . . . ]   10:24 Woke up in Auch – good shutters prevent any daylight from going into the room 11:01 feed the parking meter one hour till 14:01 (meters as people […]

Overview   – Start from Albi on a large highway towards Toulouse – Very special vegan lunch from2 to 3 PM – Continue to Gascony – city of Auch – French fireworks   Monday, July 14 Hour by Hour   [13 vs. 11]  11:27 – pay hotel bill AmEx at […]

Overview   – Our starting point – Bouziès – little known, but spectacular – Check out from Hotel Les Falaises – Explore womderful Le Chemin de Halage – river towpath – Food stop at Limogne-en-Quercy – Lunch on the road weight scale – Stop at the museum –  Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey – Arrive to Albi […]

  Overview Sarlat – starting point Rocamadour – town build on a cliff L’Hospitalet – hamlet of Rocamadour Hotel restaurant Le Belvedere – our lunch stop Figeac – decipher of Rosetta stone – Jean-François Champollion – was born here Cabrerets – site of Pech Merle cave Bouziès – tow path carved in […]

July 11, Friday Hour by Hour [16 vs. 8] We woke up around 10am in Uzerche Started driving to Montignac.  Our car is OK.  It was parked in a super-narrow spot, but somehow – no scratches on the sides. 12:00 We paid toll €3.10 cash   IMAGE 02 IMAGE 03 […]

Thursday, July 10 2014 [17 vs. 7]   Wake up in Beaugency Our room had a bath – Lira took an extended  bath in the morning.  While I am recording our adventures from previous days. 11:49 InterMarche, where credit cards are not working again (€22 cash) Lira washed all the fruits for the […]

It is shaping up  to be a very unusual trip to Paris.  We focused our attention on famous Paris cemeteries (Montparnasse and Père Lachaise), and Saint-Denis is in essence a cemetery for French kings.  It is definitely not your typical touristy Paris. Monday, July 7 – Père Lachaise Cemetery Tuesday, July 8 […]