http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Andorra en-us Wed, 11 Nov 09 13:05:41 +0000 Wed, 11 Nov 09 13:05:41 +0000 My apologies for the lack of update in recent weeks its just that I haven had anything overly exciting to report nor have I traveled anywhere fun. Nonetheless Ill attempt to highlight some of the things that have been going on in my Andorran life for the past few weeks. Life in the Palau continues to go very well and weve all very much adjusted to living here in the Ciutat de Valls. I really l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/La-Vella/blog-445529.html Well after 3 weeks of living in the prison known as Aparthotel Conseller I am finally free from such pleasantries as water being turned off without notice paying for an internet that worked 1300th of the time and breathing in fumes from the construction that never seemed to cease. After some mild trauma with respects to securing a 4th person for our 4 bedroom apartment Mike Alex and I convin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/La-Vella/blog-440970.html Here's just a quick update from todayLast night we decided it had been far too long since we had feasted so while on a shopping excursion a quick pop into the Casa de Formatge was a nobrainer. I settled on a nice hunk of Morbier Kelsey on a Basque Bleu and Alex on Gouda ldquoLightrdquo which tasted anything but light. I later picked up a halfwheel of Roblechon at Pyrenes. Meanwhile th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/blog-438219.html I sure wish I had my camera coming down the mountain from school today. After this morning's rainstorms the mountains were all covered in an eerie mist I'll have to start bringing my camera out with me more often to catch such events. Anyway...I'm alive and well in the Pyrenees though without too many exciting things to recount. Nonetheless I'll try to enchant you with the details of my day t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/La-Vella/blog-436880.html After our first morning of sleeping in Alex Kelsey and I did a bit of shopping first stopping at the Casa de Formatge. This store is as you may have guessed entirely devoted to cheese and has ample free samples. There is also a restaurant on the 2nd floor that offers everything from raclette to fondue to just plain cheese tables. You can even buy a hardcore raclette device that really is jus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/Soldeu/blog-434515.html OlaI woke up at the crack of dawn and hopped on the bus for the three hour bus ride to Andorra. I slept for the first hour. But I was glad I woke up for the rest of the trip. It was incredibly scenic. The foothills began and I saw many small hilltop villages surrounded by open fields. I also saw a hotair balloon gliding silently over the hills above me. As the bus got closer to the Pyrenees the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/La-Vella/blog-433838.html The next day in Andorra brought an even earlier appointment with which to start the day 7am blood tests. At 630 we met in the lobby to make the trek to the hospital. Now Fulbright had already demanded from us the paperwork from a full physical including blood work and tb test but of course Andorra wanted it AGAIN. No matter that two PPDs within a few months of one another can result in TB symp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/La-Vella/blog-433516.html Day two started bright and early as we had to be at the government buildings quite at 9am to meet our liaison Jord to start all the paperwork. We had also learned that there were in fact 3 students from Oxford joining us for the first few months and met Rakhi who was also staying in our Aparthotel. Jord was great somewhere in his 30s nicely dressed with a little European scarf and nice shoe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/La-Vella/blog-433357.html Well as you all may have guessed I've made it to the mountains valleys of Andorra. Chris and my last morning together as you may have guessed was rather traumatic but once I shifted my mind to the exciting few days ahead I calmed down and was fine once I got to the bus station. I had maybe 40 minutes to kill at station but by 1015 I was ready to board and seated right in the front row with th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/La-Vella/blog-433251.html Welcome to YG lta hrefhttpwww.inflatablewholesaler.comgtinflatableltagt company. 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You probably will not believe this but yesterday I went snowboarding and the guy who rented me a board asked me what I was doing well later on I met him on the lifts and began talking again and I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/La-Vella/blog-376555.html firstmouth0112We have been selling ugg boots for more than 6 years but it ugg boot may interest you to know that ugg uk stores have been made in Australia for cheap ugg boots uk generations. The term ugg boots uk is a generic term in Australia for this style of ugg classic tall boot sheepskin footwear and is a traditional Australian mini ugg boots handicraft. There are many short ugg boots brands http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/Encamp/blog-362853.html ldquoMay I see you in heaven 30 minutes before the devil knows yoursquore dead.rdquoKevin the guy who looks like Benjamin Franklin and sings at our work and is mine and Tararsquos favorite local bar patron is always full of good quotes poems and songs. 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