This is nothing special : just the photos I took during a day trip to the Pyrénées some 20 kilometers from my home. They are displayed chronologically.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6435/dscn39836jh.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn39836jh.jpg)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/451/dscn39841ak.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn39841ak.jpg)

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/7588/dscn39856up.th.jpg (http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn39856up.jpg)
A market-town

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/3600/dscn39886yq.th.jpg (http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn39886yq.jpg)

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/5573/dscn39975yn.th.jpg (http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn39975yn.jpg)

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/4245/dscn40000yv.th.jpg (http://img415.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40000yv.jpg)

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/9826/dscn40070ll.th.jpg (http://img432.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40070ll.jpg)
The entrance of the valley

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/8747/dscn40094st.th.jpg (http://img432.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40094st.jpg)

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/176/dscn40126ku.th.jpg (http://img432.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40126ku.jpg)
A sleepy spa-town

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9518/dscn40202ik.th.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40202ik.jpg)
The last French village before Spain

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/451/dscn40256ll.th.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40256ll.jpg)
The end of the pass when going back to France

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5017/dscn40266iu.th.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40266iu.jpg)
Coming back to an erzast of civilization

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/480/dscn40332qo.th.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40332qo.jpg)
A market-town ( again )

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4446/dscn40574pp.th.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40574pp.jpg)
View from the pre-Pyrénées.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9992/dscn40592ef.th.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40592ef.jpg)

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/297/dscn40647ss.th.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40647ss.jpg)
There are people who actually live here.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3330/dscn40658yx.th.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn40658yx.jpg)
Aquitanian cows subsidied by your generous European money.

Nice photos !

Do the Pyrenees get a lot of tourism in the winter ? Are there a lot of skiing facilities ?

Interesting, I was considering doing a sort of similar thread with various pics I've taken from Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées and Languedoc-Roussillon.