Pathetically weak wifi here. Most of this will have to wait a day, I'm afraid.
Downloaded from the CNN website, this was one of many mesmerizing photos from yesterday's voting activities. I was taken by this one in particular because it brought to mind photos from the Spanish civil war.
Our climb to Coll de la Crueta was beautiful, and beautifully quiet. We're pretty slow, so it took us a good hour to climb the seven miles from Castellar to the summit. In that time, exactly two cars passed us.
I think this is part of a drive to move livestock down from the high country for the winter. The cattle on the ridge are at a gallop, chased along by dogs and their handlers.
We really entered France through the back door, on this semipaved farming road we chose in an effort to avoid the traffic around Puigcerda. There wasn't even a border marker - we only knew we were crossing because of our GPS.
Our final approach to Saillagouse was interrupted by this silly little train, that crawled through the intersection and blocked traffic for about ten minutes.
