Blogs from Midi-Pyrénées, France, Europe - page 2

Oloron-Sainte-Marie – woensdag 11 mei 2022 Computer zei : Aankomst 12:15u, 19°, 71 km, verbruik 9,9 L/100km, gemiddeld 38 km/u, reisduur 2:00 uur. Korte verplaatsing van Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port naar Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Kennismaking met de groene Pyreneeën, over gele routes départementales en langs landelijke dorpjes met 2-talige naamborden. Die in het Baskische zijn niet uit te spreken. Wel altijd met verkeersremmers en max 30km borden. De Col d'Osquich na 15 km deden we volledig in de mist. Te vroeg vertrokken waarschijnlijk. In 't vervolg langer slapen. Want 2 uur later blauwe hemel en 26° in Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Heerlijk relaxen in de schaduw van de 'Aire pour camping cars' in centrum van het stadje in een parkje langs de bergrivier. Gratis, maar stroom te betalen met een jeton van 3€ voor 55 minuten aan te kopen in de Office de Toerisme. ... read more

I slept for a few hours at a time, and had no problem getting up about 6am. We had decided to use the backpack service for our backpacks and take the small one. I'm glad we did! We dropped off the backpacks at the main office and strolled around outside until 7am when breakfast was served. It was anything special, just coffee (in a bowl!), bread, orange juice and jam for the bread. We finished our breakfast and were on our way before 7:30am. The trail started steep, and didn't change much, except to get even steeper! Just after 8:30am we reached the Virgen, so we stopped for a short break. There was no food truck, but we discovered later that apparently he parks further along the trail until just before noon, then moves to Virgen ... read more

From Crusaders entering Jerusalem to Chagall stained glass and from the washing of feet to the Wedding at Cana in Galilee we had seen the lot today. Gabby was still parked on the town aire and we had been inside the abbey church . Now it was time to see what was described as the most complete and perfect cloister in France if not the whole of the world . The cloisters or so we had read were particularly early , particularly beautiful and comprised of arcades of single and double columns with decorated capitals . Of the 76 columns half were Biblical stories or episodes in the lives of the saints . The remaining columns featured anything and everything about creation . Described as decoratives the columns completed in 1100 comprised of flowers , leaves ... read more

Blog Number one from Moissac . So where in the world is Gabby the motorhome and her motley crew . On another drizzly mizzly day we had parked up at the camping car aire in the middle of Moissac. We had come to the conclusion that Covid had changed the world and there were few people about , shops had closed and petrol stations were now unmanned . We flew past a few and were driving on fumes by the time we reached our night stop. 9.euros 40 cents later we had entered the spot we would spend the night . We had crossed the very impressive Napoleon Bridge and followed the river to get here . We were within walking distance of the town and its world famous abbey cloisters. There were 43 spots on ... read more

First of all I must note that I am finding it very hard placing ourselves in the correct region of France. Bressols is in Occitanie, near Montauban and not in midi-pyrenees as this blog says but that is the only place i can put it ! Another driving day and though this blog is brief the drive was not. Woken by the geese in the property behind us and what another gorgeous blue sky to start the day. Lovely to stroll into the village from our peaceful spot by the canal for a fresh baguette for breakfast before setting off on our drive. We started off on quiet N roads through the villages and along the incredible straight stretches of road which are so characteristic of France. How we have missed roads like this ! Bob ... read more