Thursday, November 6, 2008

Pau and the Pyrenees - 4 November 2008

Rest stop on the way to Pau
We're in Pau for a few days. Pau is one of the main cities in the Pyrenees on the Atlantic Ocean side of France. Pau looks beautiful despite the drizzling rain and cold grey weather. Pau is nicknamed "the English city" for all the beautiful gardens. The drive here was a little bit slow because of all the little villages we drove through. We wanted to show the kids some snow and have a little play in it. The mountains look gorgeous with the tops covered in snow. The man in the tourist office said it's been snowing in the mountains for over a week already. He said it doesn't normally snow in Pau but when he was growing up he remembers having a metre of snow in Pau. That would have been exciting!

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