Picnic in the Pyrenees

It took us 2 hours to get to the town of Mont Louis which was another (albeit smaller) fortified town.  It was situated in the Pyrenees mountains. 

We had a picnic lunch on the bank of the fort’s outer defence before heading inside. 

It only took us 90 mins to see the entire place.  Unfortunately, the tourist office was closed so we didn’t know to get tickets to see the militarily section of the fort.  This was about half of the town's size.

This town actually had a little playground which clung to the side of the hill.  The boys were very excited and despite the equipment being in the hot sun refused to go any further until they partook.

At one point we walked past a restaurant where a group commented on the fact that we spoke English and were wearing American hats (due to the fact that we were wearing our accrubra hats). 
 

The fact that they concluded that we were Americans amused Michael no end and he was tempted to go up to them and tell them we were Ozzies.  

On our way out we spoke to a French lady (who didn't speak English) who enquired about the boys.  We ascertained that she was asking how old they were as she initially assumed that they were twins.  When we told her and that number 3 was on his way she was surprised. 

Much the same reaction as the English people has when I tell them. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

As we were in the area we decided to Font de Romeo (Roman Spa town) which was 15mins away.  This was a very small town with a tiny raised fort (about 5 metres across) just outside.  To get up to the top of this little fort we had to walk up around the outside in a spiral in a steep incline.  All the way to the top looked like little houses which had a life sized statue inside once. 

In one of these was a lizard about 4cm long; scampering up the side.  Zachary was well amused and wanted to check out each one to see if there was more.  In the end I had to tell him that the lizards were visiting their friends.
 
 

Before we headed home, Alan wanted a nice quiet drink in the local café which we obliged however, Zachary was bored and so this wasn’t as quiet as Alan would’ve liked.  This was despite me feeding Zachary an orange and bottled water in an attempt to distract him from misbehaving.