Merkin and Martin having a face off.

The dining room in Italy

Really cute village we went to with cute couple posing (Justine and Fatos)

The pool. Check out the setting.

Can you see why we called him Merkin?


To France... those are camper vans lining the Tour De France route up the Col Du Tourmalet. The rainbow is over the village Rob and Em live in.

If you're going to climb to the top of a mountain on a foggy, rainy day to be at the finish line of a race, take a tent, some wine and a chair. You can see one of Rob and Em's guests and Martin in there. Then show pity on an Aussie cyclist (all the hobbyists cycle the route before the race begins) who looks like he'll die of hyperthermia and let him come in.

View from the Col Du Tourmalet across the mountains.

So, they finished the Tour in this weather. This is just coming up the finish line. You can JUST see a cyclist in there, behind the car.

Better weather for our walk yesterday!

Jenny the mountain baby, enjoying being carried by uncle Martin.