After lunch, Christine took Kathy, Guilhem, and I back to Bélair for another breath-taking walk by the Pyrenees. We spent the next few hours there just walking, talking and enjoying the great view and glorious sunshine. :)
Downtown Pau- on our way to Bélair
Another angle of the château
This countryside had officially claimed a small piece of my heart
Gosh- it really doesn't get old
I think it is probably already noted in the book of my life that I will own a home up here one day
At Bélair- dumbstruck by how much closer they seem in the sunshine
It's true, they don't look real in person either
Guilhem was whining at Christine so she started messing with him to cheer him up haha
=)
We're back at the car here and the view is still that impressive
When we had gotten our mountain and sunshine fix we headed back to the car. I was supposed to be meeting with Erin at a museum in downtown Pau called the Musée des Beaux Arts at 4p but we were running a little late. So when we got back into town, Christine let me out at a stop light and was calling bye to me out the window as she started driving off. I made it to the museum later than we had planned and Erin wasn't there when I got there! I'm thinking that she had probably just walked off when I walked up, but I also couldn't be sure because she doesn't have a cell phone. I felt really bad but I figured that since I was there, I should go in anyways. I got a good hour of alone time wandering through the museum before it closed, and this was a very relaxing way to spend some time. I am planning to come back earlier in the day some other time so I don't feel at all rushed in my enjoying of Pau's artwork. :)
Some of the art I saw in the musée:
"Vue du Château de Pau où naquit Henry IV" by Alexandre Millin du Perreux (1820-1822)
Pau, a little back in the day (how I wish I could go back in time!)
"Le Fauteuil de Lénine à Smolny en 17" by Lucio Fanti
"Un bureau de coton à La Nouvelle-Orléans" by Edgar Degas (1873)
"Le Bon Samaritain" by Théodule Ribot
When the museum closed it was about 6p. The sun was just starting to slowly set and it was nice and cool out. Though it's a 45 minute walk at a reasonable pace, I decided to walk from downtown to home. I had my iPod, not much to carry, and was in the mood for taking pictures of my surroundings so why not? On the way, I passed by a lot of flowering trees and bushes so I got some beautiful pictures of the arrival of spring in Pau.
That's Lionel's hand, by the way- not mine haha
Once home, I spent some time on the computer and then we had dinner. Tonight we had another excellent home made pizza but this one was made with hame, mushrooms, and crème fraîche. Mmmmmm I am falling in love with crème fraîche on my pizza! We had the usual dessert after that and then it was time for bed. What a beautiful day!
