Deadly serious

Ok I've hardly been to enough to claim this is the worst but our final stop at Barcelona airport was horrendous. The air conditioning was poor, seats were lacking, there were virtually no shops and two places to eat. It's the worst place to be stuck with a two hour delay. People were queuing and sitting everywhere. It was a Twilight Zone. There's probably a part of hell that is built just like this that they send arms dealers and holiday bloggers. I'll check out Dante sometime. But it's a nice reminder that the holiday is over and being home is not that sad! 

This year we booked everything through Easyjet. It was easier that way and I like them more than other budget airlines. But they don't have the best punctuality. Our delay started as one hour but ended up being one or two more. But at least the phone app allowed us to watch our plane make the journey from London to pick us up. Eventually. 

Despite being in the middle of one of Europe's great mountain ranges, and one that pretty much defines Spain's economy being cut off from the rest of the continent, we saw surprisingly little of it. OK for our one day we saw nothing but mountains. But it was one valley and then the road in and out. But approaching Barcelona we caught sight of some stunning formations that just beg to be climbed. By someone who can climb. I can easily understand why people want to risk their lives being among these almost divine structures. But then again I'm also curious what it's like to run over hot coals. 

It's some months later that I find some images left on my phone that I forgot to upload. So this is our route back on our little minibus, the official public transport to the airport in neighbouring Spain. Given the terrorist attack in Barcelona two weeks later it colours our memory a little but as a Londoner it's not unusual. Our memory is also somewhat coloured by the subsequent referendum and violence but here the news is more relevant as Andorra is after all a Catalan outpost in the Pyrenees. They have their independence apart from a Spanish Bishop and French President as co heads of state. That's Europe for you!