Hi Steve! Thanks for the welcome!
I filled up the thread with some more photos now, trying to keep the posts within the 20 pictures limit


At the end of the Gorge and at the beginning of the lowlands lays the Lac de Sainte Croix


In order to get to the Pyrenees faster we decided to take the autoroute all the way to Carcassonne. I've heard about this place since my childhood and convinced my two companions to visit it.
Although I never saw it before and it was also unknown to them, we all agreed that it was a great decision to see this unique medieval town.




Half an hour outside the city, which only offered very costly accomodations, we finally found the very last B&B that was still willing to welcome us in the middle of the night.
The surprise was perfect as the owner turned out to be a very talkative and sociable Englishman, which made communication a whole lot easier.


The next day we entered the Pyrenees and travelled through Andorra on partly gravel and partly tarmac roads.


Andorra la Vella


Via the Coll de Conflent we crossed the Spanish border for the first time


Burg, Provincia de L�rida, Spain


back on the French side of the mountains to Lourdes, France


San Sebasti�n/Donostia at the Atlantic coast


Making some Spanish friends


After passing Bilbao/Bilbo (both Basque country) we found a camping site at the northern coast of Spain at the Cabo de Ajo




...And after 6 days we finally reached our destination, Santiago de Compostela



Of course no pilgrimage is complete without getting at the end of the continent, so we continued on to Praia de Carnota next to Finisterre/Fisterra (literally "end of the world")