Sunday 11/07/21
Hola!
Bokkie is back in Spain! It's hard to believe we have been away for more then two years - time certainly flies.
Strangely, it feels like we are now on holiday; we've become so Francophile that the UK and France both seem like home so it's weird to be outside our comfort zone again. We manage our way around France quite comfortably now even though we have not mastered the language by any means but here we are completely lost. It's even worse in the Basque country where the alphabet even looks different.
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| We spotted this beauty on the road, a stretched version of a 2CV |
We decided to take the toll road down from Bordeaux as it offers a massive time saving and were pleased that we did - the traffic was very heavy. There are masses of holidaymakers heading for the coast and the French roads were very busy even though most of the trucks don't travel on Sundays.
We did quite well into Spain though, then filled up with very cheap Spanish diesel and promptly headed off in the wrong direction. In fairness, we just missed one split in the highway and it would have take 10km before we could turn around so we simply made a new plan. It turned out to be a lucky detour and we were treated to the most fantastic drive through the mountains.
It is baking here: 30°C, which is wilting our soft UK bodies, but should cool down from tomorrow making it the perfect timing to cross the Spanish interior. We've got all our screens up, fans running and are waiting for it to cool down before we go for a walk around the village.
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| Bokkie in the aire with the San Jose Apostolic college in the background |
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