27.02 & 27.03 Spain and France: Ordesa and Gavarnie, crossing the Pyrenees, a thrilling struggle.
A view from a previous hike, of the pass, the border of Spain and France toward where we were headed. The early stages of the climb, magnificent sights constantly, as we face Spain. The editor has always wanted to spend another night in France, particularly Gavarnie. It seems that ‘jetsetters’ like to visit the south of France—it’s the right place to be seen. It’s also difficult to get much further south than the town as it lies within five miles from Spain. Between the two countries is some of the most beautiful mountains, landscapes, streams and rivers, and waterfalls that we have viewed as well as much cattle and sheep dung. Of course, no country can match Iceland for waterfalls but then the latter country is unique. To make the journey, we packed our valuables in a case and dropped it at a hotel in Torla that we would return to, all going according to plan. The rest of our possessions (also valuable) we placed in the car and of course, some, weighed us down, in our ba...