Climbing up to the Soum Couy - part II
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Arette - La Pierre Saint Martin in the French Pyrénées.
Climbing up the Soum Couy (elevation: 2315m) next to the Spanish border.
Finally, we made it. It took us a little less than 3 hours to climb up the Soum Couy & half that time...
Una subida dura, con una desnivel medio de 1000 metros. el premio al llegar: unas espectaculares vist...
Tras una empinada subida, aparece una puerta para el paso de ganado, de repente, nos encontramos de f...
Detrás de la senderista, aparece el pequeño Dolmen de Aguas Tuertas, denominado "el Dólmen del Salto"...
El río Aragón Subordán que discurre a lo largo del Valle, formando curiosos meandros. Hacia el fondo ...
An awesome place located at the north of Echo Valley. Selva de Oza is a favorite location for hikers ...
The Nature Park of the ´Valles Occidentales´ was founded in 2006. Within its territory we can find th...
Located at Osseau Valley, is a well known thermal station. At 675 meters, is a beautiful and quiet pl...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
