Sunday, December 23, 2012

On a clear day....

....we can't see forever but the Pyrénées appear so close to us that it's hard to believe they are 80-100 kms away.



It reminds one how close The Tarn is to Spain and why it is so common to meet people with Spanish names here, descendants of the families who struggled through the mountains to escape the Spanish Civil War and after a harsh time in French prison camps were permitted to settle here.


La Bastide on the right