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4 Nov 2015
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Walking to the metro we passed our first Gaudi modernista building. We did a bit of a tour of several of the big squares.
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4 Nov 2015
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The architecture is varied and interesting, especially the Gaudi.
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Lunch Spanish style is drinks and Paella.
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The Basilica i Temple Expiatori de la Sacrada Familia is a UNESCO site still under construction. The building began in 1882 and Gaudi took over in 1883 and transformed it to his vision. It was only ¼ complete when he died in 1926. It has progressed slowly since it is funded by private donation and building was halted for the Spanish civil war from 1936-39. It was half done in 2010 and should be completed in 2026, 100 years after Gaudi’s death.
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We did a bit of a walking tour in the old city.
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Fernanda took us to a Pizza place she claimed was the best she had every had….She was not wrong. It’s a good thing we don’t live near here.
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5 Nov 2015
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We headed out late at 11 am north again towards the Pyrenees in France. We planned out route to cross Andorra for country number 43!
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We had the perfect storm and over 2 hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic thru Andorra. It is a Saturday and the cross border shoppers are here in droves, the tunnel is closed so all the traffic in on one road, there is a big sporting event on, the boarder guards were spot-checking cars on the road after the slow down for the actual border, and there was a police check after that! The last 90 km we had from the Spanish/Andorran border to Tarascon-sur-Ariege France took 3 hours!
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We even did one section of the tour de France route and found this memorial on the downward side. It is incredible to think these guys ride on these steep narrow twisty roads at such speed on those skinny tires.
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We arrived to Cierp to the cabin we had rented. (38 CDN dollars and sleeps 7). We had luckily remembered to stop for groceries early today since it is Sunday and everything is closed after 1230 in much of France. Dan did some chain maintenance.
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They spelled my name wrong on that road sign!
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