Journey home part three

Leaving Carcassonne, we headed off to the motorway in the direction of Clermont Ferrand. During the motorway stretch, we came suddenly upon the Millau Viaduct, an incredible feat of engineering, designed by Norman Foster. It spans the valley that is home to the village of Millau and it was designed to reduce the impact of holiday traffic on the village's narrow streets. It boasts the highest road deck above the valley floor in the world - some 800 feet!

Journey home part two

We left San Carles de la Rapita and headed out on the motorway once again, this time heading towards the delightful city of Carcassonne and here things went a little wobbly, to say the least. Our apartment that we had found on AirBnB was low cost, shall we say. However, it turned out to be low rent. We should have realised that things were not quite as we might expect when we were asked whether we had our own bedding. In fact we did, so no problem there. Then we had to pay €10 for towels.

Journey home part one

To get from Praia da Luz to Bishops Offley by car is a lengthy process - but still better than flying! Our trip covers a lot of miles and takes in four countries, so off we set from our lovely house that has been our home for the past eight weeks. Destination, Andujar in Spain.

This is a lovely town with a mediaeval centre and our hotel was slap bang in the middle of it - the Palacio Sirventes da Mieres. The journey was around five hours and it was easy going, up to and through the Spanish border, waving at Castro Marim where our friends Rupert and Andrew have their wonderful guest house - Casa Rosada.

Coming to the end ...

It's been a dream but, like all good things, this jaunt in Praia da Luz must come to an end. On Friday we shall head off for the long drive back, taking a week and visiting places and friends on the way.