Ibis Escaldes Engordany Escaldes-Engordany

... 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.

... the watershed and we drop into the Spanish frontier town of Bourg Madame. We continue east across a wide plane undulating over the Col De Llous (1345m) and the Col De la Perche (1570m). From here a unbelievably long descent takes us nearly al the way to our
hotel. Prades has a reassuringly Mediterranean feel about it, with lots of courtyard cafe's and
clay tiled roofs.

WHAT I EXPERIENCED:

... the terrace, but was told I'd have to go inside to get the set menu - no problem, I went inside and sat out on the second floor terrace. I sat around for about 20 minutes, with a group of waiters seemingly on a break, sitting and chatting at a table inside.

I decided to go down to the main floor to get a menu and get some service. The original waitress came back up a few minutes later, informing me that the restaurant was closed. WTF??? Shoddy ...

... pass (right in the middle of a ski hill) and south of Andorra before turning back up to the country. Now PG does things in strange ways but for this I will be eternally grateful. It was beautiful with the sun shining on the snowy peaks, the stone villages in the valley, the ruins of old outposts. Really sugoi!! With all the photo stops and windy road we still managed to get to our hotel by 18:30. They gave me the internet rate I wanted and all is ...

Probably like you, I had no idea there was a country located between France and Spain. Well, turns out there is - a beautiful little country located in the middle of the Pyrenees mountains called Andorra. Though the smallest European country, it has the second longest life expectancy of any country in the world and is renowned for ...

... The pizza wasn't too bad, but I accidentally ordered a non-alcoholic San Miguel to go with it and didn't realise until I'd taken the first swig. Poisoned. I then wandered up to an internet café to see if I could find any information about drinking in Andorra- I had to have a beer there on principle alone. Wikitravel didn't list any drinking and European Irish (basically a website listing Irish pubs) basically said all the nightlife was in the mountains. This was backed up by a ...

... an hour of no luck it's gone 3 and we need to make a decision on what to do. So we decide to walk to the nearby town of Bram as we can see a train line that runs close to it. After walking through the while of Bram and seeing that it pretty much has nothing to offer we see a sign for the train station and our eyes light up. The lady behind the counter tells us there is a train in 40 minutes and we will have to change once to get to Perpignan. Even ...

... wheel and breaks can't be that dangerous right? Wrong! The kid and I get about half way down the hill and disaster, we are going too fast to stop, the kid does 3 somersaults before stopping a few meters further down the hill, but she soon stops crying afterwards. We play in the snow all morning, small scale snow fights and sliding down the hill, the perfect morning. We are quickly joined by the other 2 who were left behind in Toulouse ...

Primero que nada, feliz navidad y año nuevo que se viene. Para haber sido mi primer navidad de invierno, fue muy pobre. La nieve todavia ni asoma, excepto por los cañones en las pistas que estan toda la noche y mañana funcionando. La pase en el hotel donde estuve viviendo por un mes (estoy en Andorra) y ahi conoci una buena gente entre argentos y uruguayos asi que la pasamos todos juntos. El hotel es buena onda, de hecho los dueños son Argentinos y hicimos un asado en una ...