You can barely see yyz on the left and France across the ‘pond’

Comfy!

Ron Jackie Bryce Liz Tracy and Randy

Four friends that we met

On our 2019 Africa trip.

The valley where Bilbao lies

Reflections on the Nervion River

Old Town

Oxen steakhouse for dinner.

Oxen and beef cow. Randy’s hungry?

Then you cook it to your liking.

Hanging bridge in Bilbao. Cable car brings cars and people across the Nervion River

Inside Bilbao Guggenheim Museum

Tulips

First Porsche

Fishing village of Gitaria

Fresh fish being grilled

Randy and Sebastian discovered this town after circumventing the globe in the 1600s

Dinner on the beach at La Perla

Sunset in San Sebastian

Topping off a perfect day.

Festival fireworks by Switzerland

We walked through this tunnel to get back to our hotel.

More Guggenheim pictures.

Shell shaped beach and inlet

A little pond for Motorized toy boats

Prosciutto in a cone.

Yessss

Bryce and Randy

Ron and Randy

Don’t know how this pic happened. But kind of liked it.

Yes. Popular people.

Cafe and patisserie break

Made it to our cabin on the AlmaDolce. Our home for one week.

More pics to come.

The left bank of the Darong River

The captains wheelhouse on the Amadolce

One of many bridges on the river

Monolithic church and hermitage where Saint Emilio lived as a quiet monk in the tunnels that he dug with his hands.

Entrance to one of the caves. It is closed to the non paying \240public. He is said to have completed many miracles.

Chateau

Visited Chateaux de Fernand to taste their Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon blended wines.

Chateaux Boutinet

The owner and winemaker took us on a hike around the property.

This castle in \240on the property that they would like to make into a BnB one day.

Their Sauterne was delicious!

On the Dordonge River.

Entrance to the Blaye Citadel

Inside the fortress walls are cafes now

The citadel \240walls with a dry moat

Our cute AlmaDolce river boat

Inspiration for a quilt design

The town of Blaye

A washing house which is fed by a spring.

There is a washing tank and a rinsing tank. .

Randy did a 14 km bike trip with Ron and Bryce plus 7 others from the ship. They went through vineyards and crossed the ‘Santiago Path’ which is part of the Camino trail.

Afternoon entertainment at the local vineyard in Blaye

The Garonne \240River

Many types of fishing huts along the river

They fish with nets from the fishing towers

Our last dinner with Ron and Jackie

They are off to Paris \240and we will stay in Bordeaux for a few days before travelling into the Loire Valley. \240

Love the clock tower.

Tidy flower pots

Floasters go to Bordeaux. They are very well travelled!

View of the town from across the river.

Cocktail hour

Our new Favorite food court

La Boca Foodcourt beside our hotel.

The scenes are projected off of the cement walls and submarine bays

What to have for lunch after that amazing experience.

Les Halles Market

Made a decison:)

Our last dinner with Ginny and Vicki. They were on the riverboat cruise with us.

Then we went over to Ile de Re. Island with forts lighthouse many beaches hokiday homes and tons of cyclists on holidays

Curry Mussels

The lighthouse looking over the sea

Randy climbed up to the top of this tower

Circular stairs

This is his view from the top

Tracy’s Favorite view

The bridge to Ile de Ble

View from the top

Sunflowers drying the sun. For as far as you can see.

They also grow wheat corn \240and cabbages.

Chenoneceu Castle

Chateau de Lauresse. Our home for two nights

Owned by a Paris couple with Charle Cesar

Meeting the turkeys peacocks and \240chickens

The Bisson family left from this town in 1644 to discover and live in New France, Quebec, Quebec

My ‘hometown’ even has a pizza machine — which supposedly tastes pretty good.

This is the church that holds the plaque.

It was locked, so I couldn’t see it in person:(

Not sure what year this is from. But I’m thinking 1600s. Hahaah

Le Mans Cathedral. One of the largest NeoGothic Cathedral in France

Built between the 11th and 13th centuries.

Sunset over Chateau de Lauresse.

Stopped in Fraze and loved this church

Castle Fraze

Inside Fraze Cathedral

The stained glass that was saved from the Cathedral Chantres, just before the German invasion.

After the war they put back allll the stained glass

An American soldier saved the Cathedral.

The US army were told to bomb the 11th century Gothic cathedral and he said— let me go inside to see if the Germans are there. They weren’t there, so they didn’t destroy it.

The stained glass and symbolism was overwhelming.

So beautiful!

Not complete without the pond and the waterlilies

He lived in this home for 30 years

One of his three studios on the property

Passport Control.

Lines ups foreverrrr.

We had loadssss of time.

And hime.

Thanks for the memories Spain and France:)