This is the Medieval town of St. Genoux. A 30 minute walk from our temporary home in Burnand. A small but beautiful town with a natural spring that a French King considered the fountain of youth, so naturally he had a castle built there. All that is left of that castle is the dungeon towerContinue reading “St. Gengoux le National, our day off.”
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Chateau de Burnand
For our second Workaway stay, we stayed in this incredible castle for 2 weeks. The oldest part of the place dates back to the 13th century and from the 15th century it served as a home for the Augustinian Monastic community for 250 years. Many centuries of owners brought the castle to what it looksContinue reading “Chateau de Burnand”
Lyon day 2
The second day in Lyon we only had a few hours before catching a ride share to our next workaway. We go to the sprawling, Parc de la Tete d’Or. It’s an easy walk from the apartment. It’s a cold gray day and we walk around the central lake and enter another section of theContinue reading “Lyon day 2”
Lyon Day 1
We were in Lyon for about 2 days. We arrived by car share and made our way to a metro stop Croix Rousse, with one of the car share passengers who happened to be going to the same stop. We met our Couchsurfing hostess, Helene, at the street level of this metro stop with merry-go-round.Continue reading “Lyon Day 1”
Tarbes and Toulouse
We take a ride share out of Spain and back up to France. We will be dropped in Toulouse for a few hours so that we can connect with our next ride share to Tarbes. We are on our way to Tarbes to have my appointment with the Orthopedist the following day. It’s a longContinue reading “Tarbes and Toulouse”
Figueres
We took a bus from Cadaques to Figueres. Figueres is a city with a Dali history as well, there is a great museum there that is unfortunately closed on Monday’s… Yet another reason for us to return! We have trouble finding our hotel, but on the way we pass the Dali Museum and it’s hugeContinue reading “Figueres”
A hike in Port Lligat and a day in Cadaques
After an incredible tour through the home and gardens of the surrealist artist Salvador Dali (Casa Dali is the home on the left in the photo below) we walk along the shore, checking out so many cool shells and sea creature skeletons. We walk across the bay to see the house from afar, there isContinue reading “A hike in Port Lligat and a day in Cadaques”
Casa Dalí
We wake up early to catch a bus from Barcelona to the seaside Spanish town of Cadaquez. The ride takes us through highways, gives way to roads and roundabouts, goes through small towns, finally leading to the sea. We turn towards terraced green hills that wind around and around, giving a peek of the seaContinue reading “Casa Dalí”
Our last day in Barcelona.
Our last full day in beautiful Barcelona! We plan to visit Sagrada Familia, the magnificent Gaudi cathedral we stayed across from during our first few days. When we arrive there the line is crazy long and we realize we will not be able to visit anything else if we wait in line all day. SoContinue reading “Our last day in Barcelona.”
Barcelona, day 5
This was a laundry day so we got a late start, getting outside just as the sun was setting… We walk under this beautiful arch and into the Parc de la Ciutadella. There are two really cool, old conservatories, both filled with plants but abandoned looking. Two crazy girls were climbing this one to watchContinue reading “Barcelona, day 5”
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