First stop on the way to the Pyrenees
2022年9月13日, ドイツ ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
First stop Frankfurt am Main. Got on the ICE in Berlin juuuust in time after some delayed Tram and S-Bahn. 😁
Lyon and Avignon
2022年9月14日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
A short stay in busy Lyon for the night, then on towards Spain. An hour in touristy Avignon before taking the next train.
We even saw flamingoes near Agde 🙂
Berga: our starting point in Spain
2022年9月14日, スペイン ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
After a rather chaotic change in Perpignan (train cancelled die to strike) we got to Barcelona (where we got a short view of a Gaudi-house) for another chaotic change to an ALSA-bus to Berga.
Missedもっと詳しく
Peguera
2022年9月15日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
First day hiking. Only about 15km but mostly uphill. We stayed in an abandoned village, Peguera, where among the ruins one house was still standing. Just the right place for a rainy night. Some othersもっと詳しく
Peguera to Gosol
2022年9月16日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Another day, perfect hiking weather. Quite a few height meters, both up and down.
Again many mushrooms on the way. Yummie!
The countryside was great with some high cliffs, we saw both griffonもっと詳しく
Gosol to Bagà
2022年9月17日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
A long day with just over 30 km. We just had to take a detour to the waterfalls of Emedrats and Bullidor de la Llet.
On the way to Bagà we went past some interesting geological formations. Any ideas,もっと詳しく
Bagá to Bellver de Cerdanya
2022年9月18日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
A long hike in warm weather. Blue sky only.
Many butterflies, lizards and a brown mantis.
Old villages with equally old churches in the plain of Cerdanya. "Our" campsite was already closed which meantもっと詳しく
Bellver to Cabana de l'Espavers
2022年9月19日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The 4. day of our hike, another short day. We we went to a Kind of plateau at just over 2000 m and slept in a tiny stone hut surrounded by cows and horses.
In the way we had a welcome break at andもっと詳しく
Andorra and into France
2022年9月20日, アンドラ ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Today we passed the Portella Blanca @ 2515m, where Spain, Andorra and France meet. It was almost magical, when the sun came up over the mountains. In the way we saw both marmot and chamois, griffonもっと詳しく
To Refuge des Besines
2022年9月21日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Up and down again. All the way to Hospitalet where there was supposed to be a small shop. It was more of a bar with some few packs of cookies etc but no porridge oats (we had used up our last onesもっと詳しく
Sources sulphuriques Merens
2022年9月22日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
A warm source 10 min above Merens les Vals where we had a welcome bath.
Foix, end of GR 107/ Chemin des Bonhomme
2022年9月23日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
After about 10 days "out in the sticks" we are now back in civilisation. It"s a bit overwhelming but also great to be able to go to a real supermarket... We are staying in Auberge Leo, an unusualもっと詳しく
Eglise Saint Volusien Foix
2022年9月24日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Great church with fantastic reliefs.
All that plus organ music.
Chateau de Foix
2022年9月24日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Towering above town this medieval castle is really impressive. So is the museum.
Well worth the visit and the hefty entrance fee.
Vernet d'Arriege
2022年9月24日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Site of a french concentration camp for refugees from Spain after the civil war. Both spaniards and 50 other nationalities. Bad times. ☹️
Pic de l'Aspre
2022年9月25日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Lunch-stop on the way from Foix. It"s getting cooler @ around 14 degrees but still pleasant.
Around US the hunting season for mainly wild boar has startet and dogs with GPS-collars and orange vestsもっと詳しく
Leychert
2022年9月25日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Nice mountain village with a duck-tree and nice church.
Roquefixade
2022年9月25日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Our first Cathare castle, or what is left of it.
Great surroundings, not much sun though .
Montségur
2022年9月26日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Another castle, the last Cathare stronghold.
Situated on a rock (pog in occitane) it is visible from far away.
We heard and read some fascinating stores about their faith, which took some inspirationもっと詳しく
Gorge de la Frau
2022年9月27日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
The rain is back. We have been really lucky so far but this morning we woke up to some steady drizzle.
After our usual porridge on the campsite we went off in our ponchos, looking a bit likeもっと詳しく
Another rainy day
2022年9月28日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Another day that startet off with some steady drizzle.
Still, the views were good and we managed to hike more than 25 km to Puivert, where we had been recommend a Bed and breakfast run by a Dane:もっと詳しく
Almost no rain and lots of vultures. 😊
2022年9月29日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
A longish day across a varied landscape. At one place there were about 50 griffon vultures circliing, some of them just taking off from their resting tree. 😊
Despite a rainy forecast it onlyもっと詳しく
Puilaurens and april-weather
2022年9月30日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
A cold and rainy day interspersed with some sun.
We had a good start, hiked past an autumn landscape and found a goat-cheese farm where we could stock up on lunch.
In Axat there was a smallもっと詳しく
Gorge de Saint Jaumé & N.D. de Laval
2022年10月1日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
When we came out of this gorge we had suddenly come into meditaranean climate: our first Olive-tree, vinyards and another smell of warmth. 😁
Like most other churches this one was locked, too.
Forest fire
2022年10月1日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Because of some recent fires the Sentier Cathare had been diverted. We didn't know that and had to pass through some areas "passage interdit". The air was still smelling of smoke but there wereもっと詳しく
旅行者Ach, da hättet ihr ja mal Bescheid sagen können. Dann wäre ich vorbeigekommen
旅行者Kannst ja immer noch vorbeikommen. Sind jetzt in den Bergen
旅行者Ich glaube das ist mir dann etwas weit 😂
旅行者Wenn ihr auf dem Rückweg wieder hier vorbeikommt, sagt gerne Bescheid