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Europe » Andorra » Pas de la Casa March 9th 2012

Well, we lugged some of our ski gear all the way from Toronto to London and on to France in the hopes of getting some time on the snow. Although we weren't able to get to the alps this year for a proper ski trip, we decided to squeeze it into our trip around France, and head to Andorra. And today we finally got a chance to use this equipment! Andorra is a much cheaper alternative to the alps. We rented equipment from the shop in our hotel. They had a 20% off discount (since its low season now) and they threw in the helmets for free. Unfortunately, they didn't have the best skis for Elysia... All they had was the silver level skis, and she wanted gold. But the price was so cheap that we ... read more
Looking up at the ski run at Pas de La Casa
Looking down into the Pas de La Casa village
It's fitting that Mike poses next to the SOS sign.. he may need help getting down the mountain :)

Europe » Andorra » Pas de la Casa December 21st 2010

Sagres to Pas de le Casa, the Algarve to Andorra – 22nd November to 21th December Two weeks spent swanning around the sunny Algarve and then a few days Skiing in Sierra Nevada in Southern Spain, a weekend in Barcelona, then cruising the slopes again in Andorra. A lovely way to spend four weeks! From popular opinion, hear say, and reading the odd travel brochure, the Algarve is not somewhere I’d have expected to like, other than the sun of course. I didn’t expect the countryside to be so picturesque, and I expected every town and village to be overrun by high rise blocks full of white haired British and German retirees. I was quite wrong, in part anyway. There are a lot of towns which have been monopolised by high-rises. Some of which have been ... read more
Silves fort
Alhambra 3
Alhambra 11




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