Andorra... its a country!

Last weekend I traveled to Andorra. It is a extremely small country sandwiched between France and Spain. It is 3 hours from Barcelona and is an absolute beauty. The second you cross the boarder it is just like being in a mini Switzerland. The Pyrenees Mountains are endless. The main city, La Vella, is sunk down within the valley of surrounding mountains. Now how I got to Andorra is a little bit different than the rest of my trips. I had marked Feb 19th-22nd as my ski weekend, only problem was no one else could go. That put me in a tight spot because I waited till that week to book in hopes I could convince someone. Luckily a friend told me about a organization that led student excursions Andorra called Flippa. So with one day left I signed up and met the group at Plaza Caytaluna at 7 Friday afternoon. I met the group leader named Sebastian, a 27 year old surfer from Chilie, and get on the bus. The ride there was interesting. I was surrounded by 23 people that I had no idea where they were from or if I was going to be able to communicate with anyone for the whole weekend. Fortunately after we checked into the hotel we meet at a club for some drinks and discovered that the 8 people there all were speaking English. It included 2 girls from Brazil, 3 guys from Chilie, 2 from Poland, and a girl from Argentina. We had a good great time and I knew this was going to be an awesome trip from that point. Next Day was full of warm ski weather. The conditions were good but the mountain wasn’t to large so I was able to cover most of it. The views at this place were absolutely incredible, so it was a great location. I stuck with my new Polish buddy Peter how boarded at a similar speed and level as myself so we stuck several good runs. After skiing the town had a small carnival parade with several tractors pulling trailers of dancing kids throwing confetti so it was a good laugh. We rounded up everyone from the trip and went to a discotheque were I danced like a 13 year old girl at year birthday party. This trip was incredible because of the international people I was able to meet. I wouldn’t have changed anything about it. I think its great to travel alone sometimes because it takes you out of your comfort zone and it allows me to be the outgoing person I like to be.

I head to Rome today. I’m going to miss saying things like that when I move back home.