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pandopWe spent the last day of the holiday on a Three Countries Tour, taking in more Andorra, Spain and France. The first port of call was La Seu d'Urgell in Spain - the seat of the Bishop who is one of Andorra's co-princes (the other being the President of France)
It was a lovely town, but while the guide was very good, he didn't really take into account that quite a few of the people on this holiday had disabilities, and Mum wasn't the only one to be struggling by the end of the 'route march' - I was really worried about her.
However, before it got to that stage, we passed the Bishop's Palace:
The Cathedral:
The Seminary:
We saw some C16 measures in the marketplace:
We stayed in Spain for lunch, in the town of Puigcerda (which I never did manage to say), which had the most beautiful lake:
We ate lunch at an outside table overlooking a different part of the lake. Best lunch of the week. As Mum's legs were still bad we opted out of the walking tour, and sat in the main square, just by the bell tower.
We passed this house on the way to and from the lake. I want to live in a house like this:
We then crossed into France (not that you'd notice, there are no border crossings, and to be fair I couldn't tell a French mountian from a Spanish one)
We stopped off at Mont Louis. This was not on the itinerary, but the guide said we should stop there, so I unexpectedly got to see another World Heritage Site. I didn't walk up to the bit of the fort that is still used, but while what I saw of the town was nice:
Nothing could beat looking the other way:
The last stop of the day was the French ski resort of Font Romeu. The view from here was amazing:
What I wish I could have taken photos of was the amazing scenery that I saw through the coach windows. Andorra is a beautiful country. I think I found it even more so as I haven't really travelled in mountains before, so everything was very new and different. We crossed and passed many streams and waterfalls, and I would love to go back and see them in the spring, when the snows melt, as they must be spectacular then.
It was a lovely town, but while the guide was very good, he didn't really take into account that quite a few of the people on this holiday had disabilities, and Mum wasn't the only one to be struggling by the end of the 'route march' - I was really worried about her.
However, before it got to that stage, we passed the Bishop's Palace:
The Cathedral:
The Seminary:
We saw some C16 measures in the marketplace:
We stayed in Spain for lunch, in the town of Puigcerda (which I never did manage to say), which had the most beautiful lake:
We ate lunch at an outside table overlooking a different part of the lake. Best lunch of the week. As Mum's legs were still bad we opted out of the walking tour, and sat in the main square, just by the bell tower.
We passed this house on the way to and from the lake. I want to live in a house like this:
We then crossed into France (not that you'd notice, there are no border crossings, and to be fair I couldn't tell a French mountian from a Spanish one)
We stopped off at Mont Louis. This was not on the itinerary, but the guide said we should stop there, so I unexpectedly got to see another World Heritage Site. I didn't walk up to the bit of the fort that is still used, but while what I saw of the town was nice:
Nothing could beat looking the other way:
The last stop of the day was the French ski resort of Font Romeu. The view from here was amazing:
What I wish I could have taken photos of was the amazing scenery that I saw through the coach windows. Andorra is a beautiful country. I think I found it even more so as I haven't really travelled in mountains before, so everything was very new and different. We crossed and passed many streams and waterfalls, and I would love to go back and see them in the spring, when the snows melt, as they must be spectacular then.