Full Circle; The French Alps
Our Church Week —Well,we made it full circle, driving about 1300 miles! The return trip included Lyon to Brive-la-Gaillarde to Mont de Marsan to Bayonne to Pau to Tarbes. This is one big and beautiful country. We keep on saying that; it must be true J We drove from the Mediterranean Coastal towns outside of Perpignan which is in the Catalan region of France to the middle of the country (Lyon) flanked by the French Alps then to the Atlantic Coast which is Basque Country and back to Tarbes in Haute-Pyrenees. Catalan and Basque Country have their own languages in addition to French and all the the road signs are in those languages. That was an added perk to see these very regionally different areas, their foods, language and very distinct architecture displayed in the homes. Our apartment inspection task is complete for this go round. We will do the same in 2 months; excluding the Lyon leg (7hrs). We’ve been asked to make inspections now every 2 months vs every 3 months as the