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Tag Archives: Charlemagne
Touring Andorra: Where Gray is the New Black
100 days of travel finds us in our first, real, shiny hotel. We wake in Europe’s highest capital: Andorra la Vella: trapped between Spain and France.
Grape vines are scant (mainly Muscat), because mountains make up most of this tiny country. So our EU Austerity Drinking Adventure puts on its sober hat. We have a double bus tour.
It climbs out of town, winding through ravines. We stop by a tiny stone church.
Inside we find gilt wooden altars, tiny pews, a mirco-organ, and ancient frescoes (most of which were purloined by the Spanish). Continue reading
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Tagged Andorra, Andorra la Vella, Charlemagne, off shore accounts, Pyrenees, Romanesque churches, Skiing, tax haven
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