Nous avons arriver - en France!

We took the main, faster roads today. Along the E80, which we recall going on in 2020 and were again enthralled with the strange landscapes mainly near Miranda. There are also a lot of derelict buildings.
Heres me trying to learn Spanish and suddenly the signs change to Basque, which is a very confusing language and a different style of lettering and fonts. Basque country is very industrial and feels wealthy but not quite posh. There's lots of grafitti and there's a mixture of grand newish basque style houses and high-rise flats of all shapes and sizes.
The diesel was €1.68 so I searched for cheaper, and we got some for €1.45 just by pulling off the main road in the right place.
We crossed the border from Spain to France and suddenly the houses were posh, prim, and proper. There's a more raunchy, rough and ready feel in Spain.
Lots of rain late afternoon and on arrival in France. Also a cold suddenly came on for me overnight, so I now don't feel like the swim I was looking forward to at this site called La Rouletta. I loved the swimming pool here at Christmastime 2019. It was part of the rationale for coming here. That and the WiFi. We have to pay extra for that, but it's only one appliance at a time, and it's a rubbish connection anyway.
Much rain forecast everywhere for days and days and days..Read more