This is a memorable post no matter the date, I am updating an older post in my blog. IT brings back wonderful memories of always from that September I crossed the mountains with my then girlfriend later dear wife Martine , before the tunnel and now more stronger memories when she is not around anymore. Therefore, let me update text and links for this post for you and if I may even more so for me. The Somport pass , tunnel always huge and friendly between France and Spain!! I like to tell you about a wonderful spot that bring lots of good memories to me and my family involved mostly a road warrior experiences.
This story started in and continues today… I like to tell you about the Somport. I came with my girlfriend then and later my dear wife Martine , which life has it our time together was cut short due to the lousy cancer. I wanted to impress her and show my roots right away. The return trip was done by the same Somport mountain pass and all the sights were awesome, and the customs border police at Urdos see post was very nice as before the UE this was the customs control border with Spain.
Afterward, there were several repeat visits, and many lifelong memories of good cheers on the road, happy moments for all. We eventually got to the much improved Somport tunnel that is awesome as well and ease of driving par excellence. The memories were just as recently as August I did not have the will to travel this to Spain was spare, maybe next year , I will have the strenght to make the journey again with the boys.
As for now…. The Col du Somport is a mountain pass located on the border between Spain and France at 1 meters 5, ft above sea level.
The Col du Somport is the only passage of the central Pyrenees which is, except for exceptional snow conditions, accessible in any season. At the beginning of the 5C at the time of the barbaric invasions that ravaged the Western Roman Empire, the Vandals, the Alains and the Suevi, soon followed by the Visigoths, coming from France , used this relatively easy route to enter Spain. The Roman road that leads to it, known as Via Tolosane, was also borrowed by the Muslims at the beginning of the 8C in their failed attempt to conquer France.
