Pau and Haute Pyrennes

Begging our readers tolerance with the following posts. We came to Europe to ride big mountains. At the risk of being a Monty Python skit about a holiday in Venice. You know the one about the gondolas? Our trip with be like a Toblerone: a mountain and a valley and a mountain…..

Here in Pau we meet up with our Pyrenean cycling buddies Mac and Al. Adventure is sure to follow.

But while we are here in Pau. Let’s have a look around.
It’s serviced by their high speed train, and other modes. It has free busses and funicular.
The craze of building big grand churches was picked up here as well.
The pubs here show sport on their Tele screens. Guess what sport? Cycling! Amazing! We are in the right place.Lue lisää