Hotel Andorra Center Andorra la Vella

Today was my last full day in Andorra. There wasn't a huge amount to do. It wasn't snowing, but the wind was so fierce that it seemed like a sand storm made out of snow. I had a great time watching a group of cows grazing in snow up to their stomachs. Other than that I had a walk around town and spent about an hour at a ...

... transformed. Snow everywhere. I went for an early morning walk to take some pictures of the same places I did before to show the huge difference. It's been snowing all day and even now as I write this I'm starting at snowflakes the size of tissues hit the window. I wouldn't be surprised if it was up to my waist tomorrow.<br><br> There's not too much to do with it snowing like this (ironically enough the ski resorts don't even open till the end of ...

... village et quand on est arrivé, il avait le marché du matin. On a acheter du vin à environ 1 euro le litre (vin de pays) et du bon fromage bleu pour le déjeuner.<br><br>On avait pas le droit de prendre des photos dans la grotte pour pas faire de la pollution lumineuse (il y avait déja des ptites pousses de plante pres des lanternes...ils veulent pas en rajouté non plus). Aussi il faut pas déranger les chauve souris...pauve cocottes...<br>

Found out today that the 90 day tourist visa that I thought we were granted for each country is actually for the combined Senchgen countries. Since we'll be at least 60 days in France alone, it means we won't be doing the France, Italy, Greece and then Turkey route we had planned on in the length of time we'd ...

... of apples! So it&#8217;s been apples for dessert every night and lots of applesauce in the pantry. <br><br>Inspired by Mami in Brittany, I thought that apple jelly would be a great addition. From what I could briefly read in a book, it seemed very easy - just strained fruit juice and sugar. However, I couldn&#8217;t seem to get the balance &#8216;set point&#8217; right to turn it into jelly. <br><br>My first attempt just made a thick liquid ...

A gory day full of raw meat, but surprisingly it didn&#8217;t bother me. Some issues that have arisen when discussing the idea of setting up our own small holding with the attempt to be as self-sufficient as possible was whether or not we could deal with it. So far it doesn&#8217;t seem to be a problem. <br><br>We&#8217;ve stayed a few extra days at this farm with the anticipation of butchering day. Took 2 pigs to the abattoir ...

Annoying new Aussie girls in the room last night ... they showed up around 1 AM, and made a huge racket unpacking and getting ready for bed. The night receptionist even came up, asking them to be quiet because they were disturbing the other sleeping guests in the room, to which they replied "They're not sleeping, they're talking to us!" Uh ... most were either sleeping, or trying to sleep, until you came in ... The funny thing is they were nice enough, but ...

... Truely this must be the cursed land Dracula or Nosferatu. Okay, there was a lot of ligtening and when I got off the bus I was in shorts. We took refuge in a McDs and nourished ourselves. Immediatly then two things occured, I got horrible indigestion from the burger and I realized the abscence of my wallet... Damn you Andorra!! We eventually bunkered down in Hotel Salvia and contimplated our folly. MORE TO COME LATER... for those worried the wallet was recovered etc... i say ...

... road, winding but very wide with spectacular views on snow-covered mountains. The last part already within Andorran borders. The capital of Andorra, Andorra La Vella, proved to be little more than a shopping strip. Admittedly, prices were very attractive, for example, Diesel fuel cost 55 cents per litre compared with some 85 in France.