Monthly Archives: December 2015

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year 2016!

 

 

 

Christmas Card 2015

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Madrid again?! The last post of 2015!!!

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Heading south again it was 2 degrees leaving the Bordeaux region. We backtracked to Roquefort and then veered west to Pau. From here we left the vineyard and headed into the hills again. There is a 7 km long tunnel that starts in France and ends in Spain.… Read the rest

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A Chateau in Bordeaux

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We had a rainy night and it was still lightly raining in the morning. We had been invite to stay with some friends in a Chateau near Bordeaux. We had first met Anne and Peter at “the end of the road” in Ushuaia.… Read the rest

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The Pyrenees

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We headed out late at 11 am north again towards the Pyrenees in France. We planned out route to cross Andorra for country number 43!

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We had the perfect storm and over 2 hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic thru Andorra. It is a Saturday and the cross border shoppers are here in droves, the tunnel is closed so all the traffic in on one road, there is a big sporting event on, the boarder guards were spot-checking cars on the road after the slow down for the actual border, and there was a police check after that!… Read the rest

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