Hotel Magic Andorra Andorra la Vella

... almost got it figured out, just a few more years… So since I’m awake already I get off to an early start. My bus to Andorra leaves at 10:30am, so that gives me a little time to explore the neighborhood. Since it’s the time of the equinox and the sun doesn’t go down until almost 8pm, though, that means it doesn’t come up until almost 8am either, so things are pretty quiet in early morning Spain. Any ...

... days will get some entries soon.

Today, we started from France, and drove a few miles into Andorra. So we have now done 10 of the 11 countires!!

Photos to follow, I'll just go back and put some news on the other days, then get photos loaded up. That takes ages.

WHAT THE BROCHURE SAID: The Col de Port (1249m) is a beautiful climb and has a great descent to Tarascon.

Unfortunately the rest of the days route is on fairly major roads filed with cars heading for
Andorra to do some tax free shopping. Soaking your feet in thermal waters in Ax is highly
recommended, before taking on the seemingly endless Col de Puymorens (1915m).

We are now ...

... trying to stifle your cough last night - you should've just let it out!" I figured I'd try and be considerate, unlike a couple of Aussie girls in the room ...

I said goodbye and exchanged emails with Katsiaryna - I finally have a friend to visit in London! She also mentioned maybe going to Seattle next year, and possibly visiting Katie and Bridget, and that's really not all that far from Calgary, so who knows.

With the remaining bread ...

It seems prayer has become a part of my life again. It really never left but when you are faced with hotels still closed for the season, chambres d'hotes not easy to find and nasty cold wet weather then, well, it is good to have prayer in your life. Our journey from St. Palais towards Lourdes found us happily ensconced in a hotel (with wifi) mid way along the route in Oloron Ste. Marie. It was so wet and Shane was so tired from driving that we fell ...

... s ski resorts and as a summer mountain getaway for Europeans. Taking a minibus from Toulouse to Andorra, I literally had to go through rain, hail, and a snowstorm to get there! Arriving at Pas de la Casa, it was 0 degrees and snowing hard. Thirty minutes later we made it to Andorra la Vella, the capital city, where I would stay at ...

... for a follow up, but there wasn't one, he just stared at me until I left..a little odd. No beer eh?, Andorra had already made itself onto my enemies list (along with those kids from the Cadburys advert, The Earl Grey pub and that fat kid who sometimes comes into Morrisons who I don't like the look of). I went for a walk around the "city" to see what exactly it had. Nothing really. There was a giant **** off model snowman in the middle of the street for no discernable reason ...

... down the hill - bad idea. The visibility was very low and the snow was coming down cold and fast and the wind didn't help also. We walk for roughly half an hour before finding a lay by to stop in and it takes a matter of minutes to get a lift from a French guy. One the way down the mountain there is a T junction where one way heads towards Perpignan and the other back to France the way we came. Our driver is adamant that going with him back to ...

... desastradas... pois é colegas, as quedas deixam marcas:) O almoço foi servido nas pistas, amplas instalações, onde se come muito bem. e se descansa do grande peso das botas. Por esta altura as pernas já começavam a doer...as botas apertavam mas o bichinho do ski começou a instalar-se... não tendo eu resistido a aventurar-me mais uma vez da parte da tarde, com 2 colegas de viagem... o jogo de cores entre os esquiadores é irresistível, tons diferentes uns ...

... Alf lived on!) That was the best response I´ve ever gotten. On a more important note, my job search has gone okay. I´ve concentrated my search on the ski village, Pas de la Casa, because it has the most French influence and I wanted to be in France now. Pas de la Casa also has many English, Spanish, and Portuguese tourists, so the language skills on my application have made my search easier than those of the mono-lingual South Americans. Unfortunately, I still have to ...