Day 40: Barcelona

In Andorra: Pas de la Casa

This is where Le Tour de France goes

I made it to the top of Port d'Envalira

The capital: Andorra la Vella

 View to Coll de Nargó

In the morning: Not far to the final destination

 Barcelona - seen from Serra de Collserola

Famous La Rambla leads from Plaça de Catalunya to the harbor.

New Barcelona - on my way to the airport.

Day 37: Pyrénées-Orientales

Through the Camargue to Aigues-Mortes

I reached the Mediterranean at Le Grau-du-Roi

following the Canal du Rhône à Sète ...

... to the lighthouse

 Tourism at La Grand-Motte (exists since 1974)

I am now following the beaches of la Grande Bleue

Following La Canal du Midi pour un petite peu

From Narbonne, there is a small route to Ile Set Lucie / Port-la-Nouvelle

Little windy here - reminds me a bit of of Patagonia

At Leucate, close to Perpignan, I could see the Pyrénées (Pyrenees)

 I am climbing

Route - Map

So what ist the planned route of this trip?

The reason for it is that my legs needed the road again. The route is caused by my wish to see the southern european small countries of Vatican, San Marino, Monaco and Andorra. That gave the skeleton of the trip. After some small adaptions to what I now think may be nice, that is what the planned routes looks like:

Palermo - Barcelona - as planned before knowing what will come...

I guess this will be around 4.000km, so at least 2 month of Southern Europe!

Now I have to do the last preparations and go to bed early as the my alarm is set for 3:40 tomorrow morning.