Blogs from Andorra, Europe - page 3

Bonjour à tous, Après une nuit bien agitée, vent, pluie ce matin le soleil est au rendez-vous, de la fenêtre de la chambre je refais la même photo qu'hier au soir, de la cathédrale, le rendu est bien différent. Le soleil m'a accompagné toute la journée, sans grosse chaleur, 20°, parfait. A 8h je suis déjà dans la voiture, pour me rendre à la cathédrale Ste Cécile. De loin elle est imposante, mais de près impressionnante, une forteresse cette cathédrale. 2 siècles auront été necessaire pour la construire de 1282 à 1480, dans un style, gothique méridional. Classée sur la liste de l'Unesco, elle est une des plus visitée de France. Il était trop tôt pour visiter l'intérieur, les portes ouvrent à 11h, dommage. J'ai continué la visite, sur le pont Vieux, qui lui à été ... read more

Here we are, I can finally claim it...on one continent, I've visited all the nations...all of them. Born in Europe some 44 years ago, there were way less countries back than. Today, I count some 45 of them. 27 are currently member of the EU...but there is more....way more! This is the first continent where I can claim this little honor. Well, could have done it way earlier...but I don't specially visit to Andorra to buy duty free wine of liquors...I would rather come to ski, and yes, it is a plus to have access to nice produces for dinner once the skiing of the day is done! We ended up with a big SUV from Toulouse train station rental car office. Not the plan, and it took me few weeks to sort out the outrageous ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! We woke up at a good time this morning and ate some breakfast together with Radek after Michal had left. We had more time than we initially planned since the bus we was going to take had been fully booked so we had to book on the next one going an hour and half later. But it gave us a good leisure time to hang out with Radek and give him some tips for his day in Barcelona. Luckily enough the international bus station is just around the corner from where Michal lives so we just took a leisure stroll over there and hopped on the bus where we watched a movie for the first half until we reached the mountains and the view become far more interesting than any movie! Both ... read more

Onze laatste tussenstop vooraleer we de exotische landen aandoen (en ja Andorra is ook wel een beetje exotisch) was zoals eerder gezegd Caracasonne. Eens Helemaal uitgestald was het zondag tijd om de super toeritst uit te hangen en de middeleeuwse burcht van Carcassone te bezoeken. Ik moet zeggen best de moeite en met Wikipedia als gids over de wederopbouw helemaal de moeite. Een wandeling in het oude centrum, een lekkere pannenkoek voor de vrouwen, vele liters water en uiteindelijk kapotgelopen voeten later keerden we tevreden naar de camping voor een plonske in het zwembad. Oh ja voor diegene zonder te veel Franse ervaring als wij, reken niet te veel op Franse supermarkten op zondag. Uiteindelijk was een klein schraal supermarktje onze bevoorrader voor de BBQ die avond. Vermits zondag echt wel alles volledig dicht was, bleven ... read more

Just about everything that was wrong with yesterday was right with today. Sitting outside eating breakfast with the other guests brought a level of sanity to this insane trip. The chat was congenial and the sun quickly lifted the temperature to 22c. This was the most expensive stop on the trip but I have to say, the nicest. I could even forgive the cat that left its dirty poor prints on the bike seat. The morning weather carried on into afternoon in the same way. Pretty much clear blue sky from Arles to the Pyrenees. The roads were by and large quiet, although windy. We had a couple of service stops as we followed the Mediterranean coast line towards Spain, and the ever looming mountains which will be our playground for the next few days. Yes, ... read more