December 2019

Posting the articles chronologically backwards is a funny and a bit weird experience. After rounding up the year 2020, which was mainly concentrated in Pau and its surrounding area, we make a step back and find ourselves in a completely different era. Pre-war and even pre-Covid time. In fact, it was even before we attempted our failed Jordan trip – it was still waiting for us ahead together with the lockdown and all surprises and unexpected turns it brought to our lives.

In the happily innocent 2019, this short trip to Pau was nothing but a regular family Christmas that Xavier’s family decided to celebrate away from Toulouse for once. Before that our last time in Pau was years ago. Our blog was just a baby then, but Pau was unlucky to get its own embarrassing article. 😄

Pau

In winter Pau turned out to be less inviting than in June when we had visited for the first time, and probably the tensed atmosphere in the family contributed to that too. Over the next four years many changes happened to all of us. Among other things, this beautiful house where we spent a wonderful lockdown was sold – it was a hard thing to accept for us but as we are still not in a mood for permanent residence wherever, we didn’t have much to say about this decision.

Anyway, getting away from the festive table was a must, so we rented a car and went to see some of the villages of our beautiful Béarn.

Sauveterre-de-Béarn

Navarrenx

Neither the weather, nor our stomachs after the feast were in favour of this little escapade. We felt dizzy, cold and the curvy mountain roads didn’t make it any better. Still, we were both happy to cross another most beautiful village of France™ from the list. Next year we would discover how lovely these little towns can be any other day outside the 26th of December. 🤓

Vallée de Barétous

Even if this article is tiny, I am very happy about having some more pictures from Pau. Strangely enough, over the next year we explored the region inside and out but somehow we didn’t portrait Pau the way it deserves. This small memory on this blog’s pages will mark the end of the era.