Seeing and traveling to the Pyrenees from the resort

[georg ruf jr.]

As promised, I'll be posting some pics from our recent holiday in France.

1.) Seeing the mountains from our beach.
2.) Snowy top. Taken from the Freeway to Perpingon.

[Paula Gottsch (Willson)]

nice pics Georg jr, did you take them when your car broke down???





:36_2_35: :emot98:

[georg ruf jr.]

Do you think that's funny?
Do you have a car at all?
Remember! No donkeys on British freeways... :emot19:

[Paula Gottsch (Willson)]

yes, I thought it was funny, then again there is not much that I don't find funny haha

secondly, no, I don't have a car, so don't wait up waiting for it to brake down!  hahaha


:emot19:

[georg ruf jr.]

 :emot19:
Cheers
 

[georg ruf jr.]

Here some pics from our excurse to Vilefranche a villiage in he Pyrenees. The villiage iself was established in the mid 19th centuary and as far as I know the fort in the 12th cenuary. I was Louix the 14th who made it to a real stronghold to keep about 100 soldiers ready in he war against Spain.

1. V. seen on´the way to the fort.
2. V. Seen from the fort.
3. V. coming from the fort.
4. Inside V.

Sorry oldman. Still don't know how to handle Fotobucket. Will one day. Promise.

[georg ruf jr.]

1. The fort from V.
2. Looking over the wall of the fort. east
3. Looking over the wall of the fort. south
4. Officers courters.

[georg ruf jr.]

1. Selfportrait, Ute, Lucie and Lilien. Sitting in the bastille. Yes windy... lol
2. On the way to the jail. 2 Women spent more than 40 years here.
3. Looking toward north in the fort.
4. This stairway leads you to V. Only 832 steps and about 100 coming from th fort o this place.

[georg ruf jr.]

Hi Carl. I hope you're looking at hese. I'm sure you would like checking fors like these. I'm not into the military thing, but it's fasinating to see how people "organised" life in those days. You can see hese "shooting slots" all along every wall. I've never seen anything of he kind. The fort is concepated in way, every time a army gains pars of it, the defenders retreat into a safer "locked" part of the fort. Several times... Obviously this was typical of medieval forts. But this one seemed special.

[georg ruf jr.]

1) This is a beach a a holiday resort. Empy! No in summer.
2) This is what you call waves in the Mediteranian see.
3) After a day in he sun.
4) Just me and myself...

[georg ruf jr.]

1) We just wanted a break after hours of driving...
2) Quick relief seemed near...
3) Eugh! Huh!
4) That's the way somebody else commented.

[georg ruf jr.]

1) My good old Hyundai. Sill driving at that time.  

2) Our stay for 10 days.

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Realy very nice pics. love the old fort (I also want to go there).

[georg ruf jr.]

France is full of forts and castles. You don't know where to start ...

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

How on earth do you wee in that loo......I'd never be able to straighten up again, or don't you bend your knees?