We have spent the last 5 days or so in a tiny village in the French Pyrenees called Conat. A friend of Eli's family had kindly said we could stay in her house there during our trip and it has been a very welcome break for both of us, mainly because we have come to realise just how close we have come to total brokeness after most of the campsites have charged more than we expected, and so a financial rest as well as a physical one has been just what we've needed. The village is so small that only 45 people live there all year round, but its a bit busier now, in Summer, because it is the starting point for quite a few walking trails into the mountains. We have mostly been hanging out at the house, I've finally finished reading Shalimar the Clown and have started on another book, have cooked my first ever ratatouille and been doing a little bit of painting. We went for a cycle into the next town yesterday, uphill all the way there but obviously a nice breezy downhill all the way back! Today we are heading across the border into Spain to hopefully spend the night in Barcelona. I say hopefully because we have been in the most ridiculous traffic jam for about 2 hours and it doesn't show any sign of clearing up. Bleh.
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Ratatouille! really? :) Are you all right? ...waiting for the next installment, do you need emergency funds sent? I got your postcard, thank you!
ReplyDeleteYes the ratatouille was with a little help over the phone from Eli's brother Henry though!
ReplyDeleteWill write the rest today but we have arrived back in northern France sans Landrover.
Thanks for the offer of emergency funds, don't think Ill need them now but might take you up on that before India???