Love the geological map of the Pyrenees, you can see how intense the geological action was there, where Spain meets France, a bit like India meets China with the Himalayan range. http://ccgm.free.fr/Pyrenees_geol_gb.html Even some similar alpine creatures as the Himalayas, the lammergeier, ibex (sadly now extinct since 2000 !), bear.
Like knowing humans are made of carbon from stardust, there’s something magic in knowing the local Pyrenees wine is flavored with the nutrients from rock 200,000,000 years old.
Thanks. Nice to feel included.
Wonderful Pyrenean pics. Love Dianthus flowers and there is a special taste to found food when one is on a walk.
Great wall of schist. Very gneiss! No schist! Heh. Beautiful sheer, flow cleavage there. Schistosity. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/527450/schistosity
Great for wine. http://www.beveragebusiness.com/archives/article.php?cid=1&eid=30&aid=225
Glad fracking has been banned in France: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-01/france-vote-outlaws-fracking-shale-for-natural-gas-oil-extraction.html
Do they have a war on terroirists in that part of the world? *feeling lousily punny this overcast Hell’s Kitchen afternoon
Schist terroirist http://books.google.com/books?id=gt517z302YcC&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=schist+terroir&source=bl&ots=LClvq6RUk7&sig=wW3-ufBcShxbVNZKYBnvY7zQWco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j_UeUPLJI8mN6wGc3YH4Cg&sqi=2&ved=0CG0Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=schist%20terroir&f=false
Love the geological map of the Pyrenees, you can see how intense the geological action was there, where Spain meets France, a bit like India meets China with the Himalayan range. http://ccgm.free.fr/Pyrenees_geol_gb.html Even some similar alpine creatures as the Himalayas, the lammergeier, ibex (sadly now extinct since 2000 !), bear.
Like knowing humans are made of carbon from stardust, there’s something magic in knowing the local Pyrenees wine is flavored with the nutrients from rock 200,000,000 years old.