Last Day in Spain

We took a long walk in downtown Andorra this morning. It was brisk and lovely and we window shopped and strolled. Then to a local cafe for the traditional breakfast of a bocadillo natural y cafe con leche...a little sandwich and coffee with milk. It was yummy but everyone was smoking and we were eating and coughing. Everyone in Andorra smokes. We think it is because there is no tax on cigarettes. There is a giant warning on every carton saying they will kill you but they all smoke anyway.

We went through a check at the Andorran border and they asked us if we liked their country and a whole bunch of other questions about where we were from and did we like their food, their stores, their hotels, etc. We
answered yes to everything and left the country only to be stopped by the Spanish authorities a few yards down the road where we had to go through a customs inspection and answer more questions. Once the guard found out we were from Miami, at least that is what we told him, he smiled and told us to go, which we did. Everyone here loves Miami. They think it is sinful and wonderful.

We bought bread, cheese, water and chocolate for the ride back to Barcelona and were very happy with our purchases.

We took a lazy ride back to Barcelona and when we reached the suburbs that is when the trouble began. We got lost trying to find our hotel and literally drove around for hours in giant circles trying to find it. Just by accident, we were passing a shopping center and I happened to look up and there it was. That ride was something out of the Amazing Race with us yelling at each other, laughing, eating bread, cheese and chocolate and going round and round in circles. They have tons of tunnels and roundabouts here and I think we went through every one of them. I think I shall puke if I hear the word rotunda again ( it is their word for roundabout).

I am now ensconced in my hotel room which is very nice. The hotel has a spa and is in the middle of a shopping center and across the street from a Chinese buffet. What else could I possibly ask for!

Except for the fact that everyone speaks Catalan which we have difficulty understanding, everything is great. Today I was in the equivalent of the biggest Walmart on the planet, Toys r Us and Ross. I am shopped out and I think we are ready to come home. We miss those grandchildren so much. However, we are talking about where to go next.