Leg 46 Toulouse, France via Asobo Studio to Ribadeo, Spain
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No luck seeing the Pyrenees today, however visiting Asobo Studio was fun.
10-07 Blagnac (Toulouse) LFBO 4:05 AM
10-07 Salvaza (Carcassone) LFMK 4:33 AM
10-07 Torreilles Airport LF01 (Perpignan) 4:56 AM Andorra West
10-07 Bagneres de Luchon LFCB Zero visibility
10-07 Balestas LFIP Zero visibility
10-07 Castillon de la Laquette LFMB Zero visibility
10-07 Lourdes-Pyrenees LFBT 6:45 AM Finally!
10-07 Pau/Pyrenees LFBP 7:11 AM
10-07 Aire-sur-l’Adour LFDA 7:24 AM
10-07 Bazas LFJW 7:44 AM
10-07 Merignac (Bordeaux) LFBD 8:16 AM Asobo, 23 PARVIS DES CHARTRONS
10-07 Merignac (Bordeaux) LFBD 9:00 AM
10-07 La Teste De Buch LFCH 9:10 AM
10-07 Parentis LFBS 9:18 AM
10-07 Mimizan LFCZ 9:28 AM
10-07 Tosse Airport LFUY 9:42 AM
10-07 Bayonne-Anglet (Biaritz) LFBZ 9:52 AM
10-07 San Sebastian LESO 10:03 AM
10-07 Pamplona LEPP 10:31 AM
10-07 Pamplona LEPP 11:26 AM
10-07 Foronda LEVT 11:49 AM
10-07 Bilbao LEBB 12:02 PM
10-07 Santander LEXJ 12:25 PM
10-07 Camaleno-Artanin ULM LECW 12:45 PM Tough landing
10-07 Camaleno-Artanin ULM LECW 1:31 PM
10-07 Leon LELN 1:52 PM
10-07 Asturias LEAS 2:20 PM
10-07 Villaframil Airport LEVF 2:47 PM Stealth landing, no lights
Flight time 8:17 20 stops
Leaving Toulouse in the morning, still raining
The bridge at the bottom is Pont Neuf, stone bridge from 1632
You can also visit part of the space station in Toulouse at Cité de l’espace
Carcassone, known for it’s double walled medieval citadel, La Cité, on the left
Perpignan, that bare blurry bit in the middle of the city is intentionally blurry
It houses the palace of the kings of Majorca, restored 13th-century Gothic palace
No clue why it’s blurred, on Google as well (while street view is available…)
Andorra, in the Pyrenees, hard to find in this weather
The nobility of time by Salvador Dali
Valley connecting Andorra to France. I would love to cycle in the mountains but that looks daunting
Ainet de Besan, my last view of the Pyrenees today
Visibility got worse and worse so I decided to take a look above
I had to skip the next 3 airports, visibility was so bad I could not spot the landing strips. Only thanks to synthetic vision could I make it back up without flying into a mountain.
Lourdes, finally some room under the clouds to see
It’s a bit bare bones with auto gen, this is what it looks like
Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site. Sanctuaires Notre-Dame de Lourdes
The cave on the right, Grotto of Massabielle, is where the virgin Mary is said to have appeared in 1858. Now millions come each year for the water from the spring. My parents took me there while we were on holiday, more as tourists but we participated in the evening procession. What I noticed most is how commercial it all was, souvenir shops all the way to the plaza. We got some water as well, into plastic virgin mary statues bought at one of the shops. My mom said she would leave it in the car for protection. She got into an accident a few years later, car totaled, she walked away fine from it. This was before airbags, so maybe it worked. It didn’t work for the car…
Air-sur-L’adour finally the weather clears up
On to Bordeaux, Basilica of Saint Michael, why a separate tower
It’s a theme, Cathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux from the 11th century
Place des Quinconces with Monument aux Girondins
In honor of Girondin revolutionaries, part of the French revolution from 1791 to 1793
Now the main attraction of Bordeaux, Asobo studio
The balloon says “The sky is calling” very true
Asobo’s view of the Garonne
No thank you! Merci Beaucoup!
Hydrobase de Bicarrosse, where are the float planes
South along the coast to Biaritz, a popular beach destination, no sun today
Not far further San Sebastian, Spain
Ciudadela de Pamplona, fortress build in the 16th century
Plaza del Castillo, the famous running of the Bulls goes through a street behind this Plaza
Route of the bull run
Some crazy stuff
Bilbao with the Gugganheim museum down below
Home to 20th century art
Camaleno-Artanin, a beautiful and challenging landing spot
From the other direction looking at Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa
Flying past Cistierna, the shadows are getting longer
La Vecilla down below while on the way to Asturias
I flew on for a night flight, passing Puerto de Cudillero
Unfortunately no lights at Villaframil Airport, no problem, smoothest synthetic vision landing yet
It is dark, squatters in my plane!
On to Portugal tomorrow.