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Andorra la vieille!
Ce matin, nous avons quitte Barcelone pour rejoindre Andorra la Vella, la capitale et seule ville digne de ce nom en Andorra.
N.B. : Andorra est une petite principaute nichee au coeur des Pyrenes et c'est le 16e plus petit pays du monde.
Un trajet de 3 longues heures en autobus a ecouter CKAC en espagnol d'une oreille et le gros monsieur ronfler de l'autre! Heureusement, la route nous amene dans les Pyrenes, la chaine de montagnes qui separe l'Espagne de la France, ...
The Mighty Pyrenees
Our temperature control this morning was 3.5 degrees so we rugged up as we were heading into the mountains. There was a light snow falling already. We stopped first at Puivert, a gorgeous village in the hills and then drove further into the mountains to visit Chateau de Montsegur which is where the last Cathars were defeated and 220 were burnt at the stake in the 1200s. When we ...
Carcassonne Medieval City
Yesterday we were walking around inT shirts - today it is raining, windy and very cold. Our destination was Carcassonne - a walled medieval city. On arrival, we were struck by how perfectly intact the walls and structure was but on entering, we realised that it had been turned into a tourist venue with shops and restaurants. Noone lives within ...
Exploring the Chateaus
... with stunning views of the valley.The castle dates from 1070 but had a very chequered history. It astounds me how it was built and then how it was actually breached by attackers considering its position.
We continued on to the picture postcard village of Cucugnan with its old windmill standing tall.
The next castle we visited was Chateau de Puilaurens. This was again ...
Country Roads of France
We caught the bus from Barcelona to Perpignan in France where we picked up our car to begin the next stage of our holiday - to drive the country roads of south France. So once we managed to find our way out of the carpark and then had 4 attempts to get on to the right motorway, we were off. And the country scenery was beautiful - stunning mountain ranges and cliff faces with castles perched on top of them and ...