Le Tour

Tour de France

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July 12th 2006
Awoke nice and early to go get our hire car and set off on an adventure to chase the tour de france with Mus and Sarah. It was a nice little red VW but we couldnt for the life of us figure out how to put it in reverse! embarrassing eventually we got to biarritz to get a map after getting lost several times, adn several toll booths later. Once we arried in Pau it was all good and we settled down t ... read more

Europe » Spain » Basque Country » San Sebastián

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more