J’adore Andorre

Andorra’s flag, in the village of Anyos.

We arrived in Andorra with a vague idea of a place in the mountains. What we found was stunning beauty, pride in place, and something we cannot put our finger on that makes us not want to leave.

There is a feel to a place that springs almost [...]

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The Intensity of Togetherness

The sisters sharing a view of Andorra

Sometimes it feels like living under a microscope, being in such close proximity to the family at all times. There is no independent life, when we explore it is together, everyone wants to go along to the grocery store, taking the car alone means someone else is left [...]

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Foto Phaves: Andorra

Standing on top of the world. We drove up to Port de Cabus and looked over the edge into Spain.

Looking down into Andorra from Port de Cabus. If you look carefully, there is a little band of horses in the bottom left of the photo, mares and babies.

At the viewpoint for Alt [...]

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Andorra Arriving

Storm Clouds gathering in Andorra

We spent nearly 12 hours underway, mostly windshield time in the car, driving from the tiny hilltop village of Pignona, Italy, in the hills above Levanto, to Andorra. We followed the freeways around the north shore of the Mediterranean, and cut inland as we approached Spain. We didn’t know much [...]

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RTW Walkabout Countdown: Schengen Strategies

In the years that have passed since I lived with my Oma and went to school on Germany for a year and John spent his gap year after college vagabonding through Europe, things have changed on the visa front. Our tentative plan had us landing in Europe in February, and not leaving for Africa until [...]

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