I'm in Andorra now. It is a very small country landlocked between Spain and France. This country is high in the Pyrenees Mountains and I can see snow capped peaks from my hotel room's balcony. I'm heading in to the main town Andorra La Vella in a few minutes to walk around, get lunch, and stop in a huge bike shop that I saw from the bus last night. Oh...to get here, I had to take two trains through France and a bus from Toulouse, France where I stopped for the night. The bus driver was a maniac on small winding roads through the mountains. At one point they had one of those speed limit signs that shows your speed. The limit was 30km/hr and we were going 69km/hr. haha. I'm very happy to have arrived safely and I hope the way back to France goes without incident as well.
So I spent a couple of days in Barcelona and the city is very nice and clean. It's like a mini New York City with lots of stores, restaurants, etc. However it has a lot of old buildings in a Spanish style. The people were not very friendly to me in the city and I decided to move on after my first night. When I stopped in Toulouse, France everyone was much more friendly! I met a bunch of local people at a bar/restaurant that my hotel's caretaker recommended. I was real excited to use some of the French language that I learned in school for 4 years! They love Rugby in Toulouse more than Football (Soccer). Huge rugby fans.
I also bought a bicycle in Toulouse which they are working on for me now. I have to pick it up when I get back to Toulouse and continue on through France towards Italy. I'll post some pictures of the bicycle when I get it. For now here is a photo of the view from my hotel in Andorra and the things I saw in Toulouse.
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