A hot run across the Spanish border
Roads lined this plane trees in the Midi Pyrenees
And on to Carcassonne
Medieval citadel
Relic of the Cathar Dream
Survivor of the Cathar Wars.
Bastion of the past
Standing on the hill
Survivor of centuries
Weathered wall the keepers of secrets through the ages
The ancient citadel on the hill
Carcasonne
It well hold its secrets to the sun sets over it for the last time.
Up and down
Round and round
Towns and villages
Snakes the Tour d’ France course
Through little villages where the French traditional food culture thrives
In the village of Arreau Christmas tree cake
Rich almond batter
Still baked in the traditional way
Over the open fire
Pretty little villages
Full of life and joie de vivre
Climb the Col du Tourmalet
In the high Pyrenees
A hard climb for the mighty breva
Let alone a Tour d’ France rider
And above it all the Pic du Midi.
Obsevatory in the sky.
Up where the eagles fly
An observatory,
A birds eye view from the sky
France wins and Cauterets celebrates
In a quite valley
In the Pyrenees
A few sort miles from Spain
Over the Pont d’ Espagna
Cascading
Water
Bringing joy and beauty
On the bridge to Spain
In the Haute Pyrenees
And in bars in Cauterets the faithful watch the world cup being won
And the Gendarme too sounded the victory siren
In Cauterets when France won the World Cup.
Biarritz
Basking by the Atlantic
Basque country
Bay of Biscay
Big waves rolling in
Glitzy
Biarritzy
But still a fishers town at heart
At sunset with the view over Milady Beach
Biarritz can be tuely seductive
