hiking in the Spanish Pyrenees

It was time to move to Spain. First thing we wanted to see was the Ordesa valley with its famous Cola de Caballo. During the summers you need to park in the village of Torla and take the bus to the startingpoint Pradera de Ordesa. Here are more possibilities to proceed to the waterfall Cola de Caballo. The most common is along the wide tourist path. We rather ascended quickly and enjoyed the views, which were stunning. The hills slopes were covered with yellow blossoms.

Po prihodu v Španijo, sva si najprej želela ogledati dolino Ordesa in znameniti slap Cola de Caballo. Poleti je potrebno parkirati avto v vasi Torla in se z avtobusom peljati do izhodišča Pradera de Ordesa. Tu lahko izbiramo med različnimi potmi. Najpogosteje obiskovalci izberejo široko makadamsko pot. Midva sva se raje povzpela nad dolino in med nadaljevanje poti proti slapu uživala v razgledih. Pobočje hribov so bila namreč prekrita z rumenimi rožicami.

The temperatures rose, it was sunny and hot. We arrived in the city of Huesca sometime after midday and we were probably the only one people walking in the town centre. As soon as we saw some Spanish villages and the Loare castle, we drove to the mountains. Just another quick stop at the cute village of Lanuza. In the afternoon we walked to a waterfall, whose name I don't remember. As soon as we returned to the parking lot, we discovered that someone broke the tail light of our van and disappeared without leaving a phone number or something.

Postajalo je vedno topleje, temperatura je bila vsak dan višja. V mesto Huesca sva prispela opoldne in verjetno sva bila edina obiskovalca, ki sta se sprehajala po centru. Ko sva si ogledala nekaj španskih vasic in grad Loare, sva zavila nazaj proti hribom. Sledil je samo še kratek postanek v vasi Lanuza. Popoldne sva se odpravila do slapa, imena se žal nisem zapomnila. Ko sva se vrnila na parkirišče, sva kmalu ugotovila, da je nekdo razbil zadnjo luč pri najinem kombiju in izginil ne da bi pustil telefonsko

The following day we started to walk early in the morning from the parking lot in Balneario de Panticosa. After about two hours ascending, we reached the mountain hut and continued to the mountain lakes Ibones Azules, over a rocky slope all the way to the lake Ibon de Tebarrai. When we were returning to the car we stopped at a mountain hut for a beer, which is cerveza in Spanish. I must remember that word, I could be useful.

Naslednji dan sva najin potep začela še zelo zgodaj iz parkirišča Balneario de Panticosa. Po približno dvournem vzponu sva dosegla planinsko kočo in nadaljevala mimo jezerc Ibones Azules, pa po skalnatem pobočju vse do jezera Ibon de Tebarrai. Med pobratkov proti avtu, sva se ustavila v koči ustavila na pivu, ki je v španščini cerveza. Besedo si je treba zapomniti, zna biti uporabna.

In the evening, we sat in front of our car and chatted a little about this and that, when a flock of sheep appeared from nowhere.

Zvečer, ko sva sedela pred kombijem in se pogovarjala, je pridirjala ogromna čreda ovc.

Our last mountain trip was to lake Ibones de Anayet. It was simply a magical, beautiful lake, horses, cows, flowers. I could stay there forever. In reality, the next we started to drive home.

Najin zadnji pohod je bil do jezera Ibones de Anayet. Bilo je čarobno, prelepo jezero, pa konji, krave in rožice. Kar za vedno bi lahko ostala tam, ampak naslednji dan sva se začela vračati proti domu.