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The first leg of our holiday staying
with Tom, Jess and girls in this
lovely chateau in the Gers part of
France - near Toulouse
- thanks Sophie |
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Part of the chateau where we were
staying - see how thick the walls
are |
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| Back door to the chateau |
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This used to house birds with
dog kennels below |
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| The courtyard |
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| The huge garden |
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| Happy! |
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Strange contraption beside the
cooking range - for turning
the meat? |
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| A delapidated part of the chateau |
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One of the walks on the estate -
we bumped into deer further on |
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| Fields of sunflowers |
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Covered market in the pretty little
town of Mauvezin |
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Pretty little town of
Mauvezin -
covered medieval market |
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A festival in Sarrant - a local
bastide town |
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A demonstration of how to play
a hurdy gurdy |
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Feeding ducks and geese in
Monfort |
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Back at the chateau - fun in
the hammock |
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| Bianca - the 'holiday dog' |
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| At the Engalin restaurant |
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| Rooms for the restaurant |
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| Lovely restaurant |
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| Moira needed a nap! |
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Driving towards the Pyrenees on our
way to Tom & Jess in Vilella Baixa,
Taragonna |
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On our way to Spain through
the Pyrenees |
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Stayed overnight in Barbastra -
38 degrees! |
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A fabulous 6-course meal for €18!!
including a nice bottle of wine -
Restaurant San Ramón
at 2 Academia Cerbuna
Tel 974 312 825 |
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Taster of Salmorejo Cordobés
con huevo de codorniz y
langostino cocido |
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Carpaccio de tomate rosa
de la huerta de Barbastro
con secallona de graus y
dados de queso feta |
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Timbal de judías con salpicón
de verduras y tiras de
bacalao 'Empedrat' |
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Jarrete de cordero lechal
asado a baja temperatura
con patata mortero |
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Tataki de atün rojo con vinagreta
de frutas exóticas |
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Carpaccio de piña aromatizada
con menta y sorbete de citicos |
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Sopa de chocolate blanco
con espuma de ginebra
y lyo-frambuesa |
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| Beautiful stained glass doors everywhere |
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... and a free bottle of
Pirineos Mesache
from the Somontano wine region |
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Arrival at Vilella Baixa - view up
to Tom and Jessica's house |
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| View of the village from the terrace |
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| Fun on the terrace |
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| The lovely Moira |
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One of the meals Tom
cooked on his new BBQ |
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| ... and the
lovely Eli |
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| A black dragon fly |
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A trip up to Siurana in the
Montsant area |
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Overlooking the
Siurana reservoir |
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| Moira and Eli
break-dancing! |
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| Overlooking the Siurana reservoir |
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Helen, Chris and Cecily came
to join us for the weekend |
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... and the
lovely Cecily
with her Daddy |
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| ¡El Señor! |
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A visit, lunch and a tasting at the
Buil y Giné bodega in the Priorat |
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| Auntie Jess and Cecily |
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| Helen entertaining the girls while we wait for our meal at the end of the visit |
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| Grandad with Cecily |
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| Fun in the park |
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| A walk to the pond |
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| Eli spots a crocodile! |
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| And around the plantation |
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| A visit to a Lithuanian restaurant |
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| More salt cod and beans |
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| Pig's head terrine |
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| Walk up to a Hermitage, past an award-winning design for a bodega, which makes organic Priorat |
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| Very hot after a mile or so climb |
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| ... and walking back down the hill again |
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| Not sure where this is! |
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| The third and final part of our holiday. Writing on wing of plane taking us to Mallorca (Pisar = to walk!) |
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| One night in Palma - beautiful city, very green |
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| info@lalonjamarinacharter.com |
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| For recycling! |
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| Meal in Palma - after this we had Black Rice with Squid but I forgot to get a photo - it was really good! |
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| Tempura of Monkfish with 1 in 7 chillies |
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| Catching the wooden Victorian train from Palma to Sóller, running since 1912 |
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Old
vintage wooden train we
took from La Palma to Sóller |
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| Photo stop en route |
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| The ceiling in our hotel in Sóller - La Vila Hotel - overlooking the square |
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In our
hotel in Sóller overlooking
the pretty square
(Plaçça Constitutión) |
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| The train winds around the town |
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| Lunch of tuna salad |
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| The garden restaurant of the Hotel Vila in Sóller |
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| Scallops and mango |
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| Salad with pears |
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The
garden restaurant
in our Hotel Villa |
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| Breakfast on the veranda in front of Montse Palmer paintings |
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| Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon |
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| Visit to Port Sóller |
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| Trip
along the North coast ... |
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... to the secluded Port of
Sa Calobra |
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Couldn't
resist this bit of eye
candy!!!!
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or this!
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| Coming back into Port Sóller |
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| ... notice how the yacht is reversing into its berth |
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| Back in Sóller for last night |
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| Last meal in Sóller |
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Decking
out the plaça for the
Festival of St Bartholomeo |
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| Leaving Sóller on way back to Palma and the mainland |
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| On the Brittany Ferries "Pont-Aven" - lovely new boat |
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| Spanish practice |
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