So we have made it to Spain, on the cold and wet Basque coast. France was turning into a Spanish/Basque satellite in the south-west anyway, so here we don't even have to pretend to know the language. After a canoe trip down the DOrdogne river on Sunday, drove to Cahors on a road that was a bit shakey for the dishes in the back of the bus. Took in the old town of Cahors and another great dinner of foie gras, duck and boeuf poivre. Amazing trip from Cahors over the top of the Lot river valley and the Cahors vineyards. Then camped on teh wild Atlantic shore, on latitiude with the south end of Nova Scotia, about even with Utah ski hills. The Pyrenees were just visible through the clouds.
Spain in this part anyway is the most densely populated part of the planet we have ever seen. But the people seem friendly - on their May Day national holiday.