We had a coffee at the cafe near the Mairie in Arudy and watched life go by for a while, found La Poste for some stamps. Bagneres de Luchon looked like a good place to go to next. It has an illustrious record of involvement with the Tour de France, since 1910, most recently in stages 16 and 17 this year. It took only a couple of hours to get there. Anne was happy to look around Luchon for a couple of hours while I went over the Peyresourde and Col d’Aspin Continue reading “Day 23, Saturday, Luchon”
Day 22, Friday, Arudy
The weekly market was running in Cauterets. We arrived shortly after 9am. It was still quiet. We bought a couple of items which won’t fit into Anne’s already bulging suitcase for the trip home. Continue reading “Day 22, Friday, Arudy”
Day 21, Thursday, Cauterets
Apart from the other attributes of this excellent hotel, the wiffee is absolutely stellar. Makes adding photos much easier and quicker. Today we woke late again. No excuse, except that the roller window shutters block out all light, and only daylight coming from the second room across the vestibule gave us any clue that it was 8am.
The mountains around Cauterets were wreathed in cloud, but it seemed to be lifting, so the best plan appeared to be to go to Gavarnie and hope for the best. It turned out to be a beautiful clear day, until late in the afternoon. Continue reading “Day 21, Thursday, Cauterets”
Day 20, Wednesday, Cauterets
I checked our bank balance to see if there is any money left. Payday is this Friday. I noticed that Sunday’s trip to Bordeaux Airport had cost $113, and displayed the trip in the Uber app. When I arranged the trip, the app had quoted €32.78. I arranged the same trip in the app for next Sunday morning, €32.78, then cancelled it. I went through the complaint procedure in the app, and within 2 minutes received a reply from a human (he passed the Turing test) saying that he had checked, the driver had not used the optimum route, and reduced the charge to €48, which I thought was reasonable. Maybe Rajaa wasn’t actually human. Continue reading “Day 20, Wednesday, Cauterets”