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Nederlands (Dutch)Holiday 2009

At the end of July and the beginning of August 2009 Laura and I go on a holiday to France, Andorra and Spain. We want to visit the Ardèche again, having been there previously in 2005. We decide to keep on driving until there's no more clouds to be seen.


tent in Azé

Our tent at the camping in Azé.


Cluny

An old church in Cluny.


Cluny

Cluny.


Cluny

There is a lot of green in the town.


Cluny

Some sort of relic.


Cluny

Ruins of a large cathedral in the centre, some metres below the level of the rest of the town.


Cluny

Wall with flowers.


tent in Dornas

Laura inflates the mats at the camping in Dornas.


grapes in Le Cheylard

Laura on a path in Le Cheylard that's covered with grapes.


mountain road

Hairpin bend.


village

A little village.


view of mountains

View of several mountain ridges behind each other.


sluice

I stand near a sluice in Dornas.


basin

The basin behind that same sluice.


church of Dornas

The church of Dornas, with Laura standing in front of it.


river

The river in Dornas.


pass to Andorra

We park the car in a hairpin bend and look back in the direction of the pass to Andorra we just crossed.


mountains along the pass

Mountain top along the pass.


Laura high up in the mountains in Andorra

Laura high up in the mountains in Andorra.


cold on the pass

It's cold here.


Judge in Andorra

Maybe the first time in history a Judge Smith T-shirt visited Andorra.


view from the hotel room

The view from the hotel room.


the full Andorran

I'm eating (a part of) the Full Andorran breakfast.


view from hotel Inca

View from our room in hotel Inca.


mirror kiss

In the hotel room.


Pilar

The cathedral at the large square has colourful roofs.


square

The square is very large. Legend has it that Mary appeared here in the first century of the common era, standing on a pillar. Ever since there has been an abundance of pillars in the city, it seems.


view from the hotel room

I'm blocking the view from our room in hotel Las Torres.


wall

An old wall in the centre of the town.


Augustus

Statue of emperor Augustus.


desert

In some places the desert starts immediately at the edge of the city.


city

The city in bird's-eye view.


Ebro

The Ebro.


nun in the square

A nun in the square.


priest in the square

A priest in the square.


little boy in the square

A little boy chasing away pigeons.


moon

Full moon.


square

The square at night.


fountain

Many people are paddling in the fountain at the square.


cathedral

The cathedral at night.


black and white wall

Striking differences in colour on the wall of a church.


river Huerva

The little river Huerva, that flows through the park.


fountain

Fountain.


jet of water in a fountain

A jet of water in another fountain.


Laura at the Ebro

Laura at the Ebro.


church

A church.


square

The square San Bruno.


church wall

Striking Moorish motifs on the wall of the same church.


tower

Tower.


theatre (in the museum about the forum)

Not much of an audience at the performance.


arch

An arch, somewhere in the city.


theatre

The Roman theatre.


theatre

Laura in the Roman theatre.


landscape

Landscape.


windmills

Windmills. There's also a large number of solar collectors in the middle of nowhere.


irrigation

Irrigation.


mountain

Mountain.


tent

Our tent at camping Lili near the village Mixe.


dark sky

Dark, ominous sky.


ex-forest

An ex-forest.


trees

A few high trees that have survived the storm.


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