PAU
The bus run in a bright country road surrounded with trees and stoped in
a several while at each railroad stations. At that time ,there were a few
passengers in the car of local line. Turning around the villages,the bus
arrived at the railway station of Pau. The station located in low field,and
the town is about 20meter higher than it. So,one should go up by a cablecar.
Near the top ,there is a small park,fom where one be able to have a wide
view of Pyrenees. I visited the castle born Henri 4. A people of Latine
trend to have a long noon recess,a gide with low hight called us after 2
hours. He showed many large rooms in the castle. Then entered a bed room
of the king. Several potterys sized about 30centimeter with beak were found
in a cavinet. The visitors , almost cosistted of French and Spanish,seemed
to smile and speak with each others. I have once seen these smile in bruxells
at the plase of pissing boy. Yes,you hit the mark. The potterys wee used
for urination. Later, in a coffe house I saw a small pot of cream resembled
these potterys ,and I also made smile. Then ,it was a time when I must take
a train immediatery,I beg the gide to let me go out,and he showed me a secret
path.
LOURDES
There were lot of old aged passengers in the train. The station is stand
in an eminence ,and a road go down gradually to the center of the town.
One can reach a main street for 10 minutes. It is not so wide the stret
,that cars are driven slowly because of some wheel chairs are there also.
Across a river ,there is the famous church of the miracle fountain. Ten
thousands of those who suffered from disease come here all ove the world
per day. A man top of each groups of 50 persons had their symbolic frag
,Paris ,Rome ,for example. They marched clockwise rotation toward the miracre
spring. Those who ride a wheel chair or like a baby car ,were seen frequently.
The water of the miracre spring run from a clif right side of the chirch.
About 50 peoples can take the water at once from the long multi punched
tubes. Each volume of water is restricted till 2 litres,because many people
waits for their turn. The water was filled with a plastic bottle of Maria
soled in the town. Voice of prayer was heard continuously,so one became
piously. There are no high grade restaurant,but some good taste popular
ones in this religious town. One can find a hotel easily,for there were
enough numbers of hotels in the town. I rested hotel Excercior beside the
bridge. It was very fantastic to see the thousands of candle lights from
the balcony on the church.
PERPIGNAN
It was a big town,so I took more than 30 minutes to reach Palais des Rois
de Majorque. On the way to enter the palais,a guiterist awaited a guest,so
I asked him to play a guiter. His song was a very attractive melody of the
region.
ARGELES-SUR-MER
The town seemed to locate near the sea on a map,I get out a train in Argeres
-sur-mer. Took a 40minutes of walk,I reached the beach. It was composed
by the mountain of pyrenees go down into the Mediteranean sea ,the beach
had also a steep slope and the water became deep soon. It is so deep ,that
8meters away from the beach side one cannot stand on foot. Groups of family
lived neare here ,Catalognian,came to swim. In a shop of a specimen of buttefly
beside the church,I was asked by madam if I was a Japanese. She came to
the town from Tokyo and was married and lives here since 20years ago. She
said that a very cold wind was blown from pyrenees in winter. By her suggestion,I
visited the next town named COLLIOUR. This seasided town was a beautiful,and
young Piccaso had stay here. Now ,I saw several painters who paint the beautiful
sight. At lunch time ,I met a delicious soupe de poisson(fish)in a restaurant.
I rested hotel Gd H Commerce. The hotel has a large beautiful pool,and served
good dinner of an official cmmendation.
ANDORRA
This is an independent nation in pyrenees near France. To go to Andorra,there
are two ways. One is from Barcelona Spain,and another is from Toulouse France
,take a train of pyrenees railway get out L Hopitalet station,or La Tour
de Carol station. It kakes 2 to 3hours to go to Andorra la Vella from the
railway station. One will be embarrassed with no plate of busstop at the
station. However,a bus come the station no doubt. A few times run the bus
a day,and correspondence to the train was bad. So you must studay a time
table to make a schedule.The border between two nations is located in high
altitude of 2000meters. Here is rather cold even in summer. Down the pass
so lower,Andorra la Vella, the capital of Andorra,has normal slightly hot
climate in summer. The town is clowded with many peoples. Iwonder why and
where they come from? Police men on a red uniform are vusy to do trafiic
control. Because of taxfree and cheep goods,the city is clouded so much
during summer vacation. It seemes hard to go Andorra,the town is so attractive
,Iwoud like to go this country again. A map of hotels is given in a tourite
office. I stayed hotel Andorra Palace. From a swimming pool of the hotel,
I saw a wide view of the mountains of pyrenees.