Ski Wednesday

On Wednesdays it's half price to ski in Le Somport. Since my morning was free I put the racks back on the car and drove to France. The ski resort is just across the border, and the actual slopes-well, tracks really, are both in France and in Spain. However, most of the skiers are Spanish, I think.
It hasn't been a good season; too many weekends and holidays of bad weather. Yesterday, though, was a fine day to ski in shirtsleeves and a hat to keep the sun off
Cross-country skiing is quite hard work for someone like me with hardly any technique. I watch people glide  past me effortlessly on uphill stretches and envy them, but I don't fall over often. Mainly because of going so slowly, but also from years of practice.
It was absolutely beautiful, with few people and quite nice snow.

Spring!

Today the sun is shining and it finally looks like spring. After months and months I got my bicycle out and used it. What a joy! I've got a flowerbed full of daffodils and they'll open soon, I hope. And two crocuses...more than I've had for years.

Diocesan Museum

On Monday the Diocesan Museum was finally opened to the public. This week it's free, at least until tomorrow. I popped in yesterday morning for a quick look, and liked it. I'd heard that it was twice as big, and I expected to see exhibits that hadn't been on show last time it was open, but I don't think there were any. What there was, however, was very well displayed in pleasant surroundings. I went out into the cloister patio; you get a different perspective of the cathedral from there. The rescued frescoes from the old churches like Bagües don't seem any different, and they are magnificent.

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