ANDORRA and the CALDEA SPA

Andorra
Independent country on the border of Spain and France
Day 54

What a drama getting to Andorra!!!!

The french hostess at the Mirasol tried to organise a bus for us in the morning and she said it left at 9am but didn't know what time it returned.

We got to the bus stop and the Spanish bus driver said, 'Si, Andorra! Hospitalate" So off we went. But we didn't know we had to change busses at Hospitalate before we got to Andorra. Luckily the bus driver was kind! He stopped the bus, on a clifftop after talking on his mobile, and intercepted the other bus going to Andorra. He literally got out of the bus and led us over the steep cliff road and waited for another bus to come, loaded us on and said, " ciao ". We said, "Muchos Gracias!"

On our way to Andorra!

Once in Andorra we headed for the Tourist Office..and found out we had to catch another bus to Andorra le Villa which is the central part of Andorra. And once there, we found out about Peta's spa. Caldea. It's the biggest spa bath in Europe. It looked beautiful. But would it be crowded?

Walked along the man made fast flowing river, from the snow, medieval buildings...

We arrived, me in a bit of trepidation really. I didn't know what to expect, how we go about things, what exactly it was. Greg was excited. It's his thing, being pampered! Once inside, my trepidation turned to fear. I got lost in this huge complex trying to find a toilet!!! There were more than a thousand showers, no toilets. A person needs a toilet after travelling from another country! haha. Gawd...

Once i got over the feeling i just wanted out of there..and no one being able to speak English...and found what i needed, i got lead back to Greg in one of those thousand showers, went through the cleansing process we entered the spa...

AND IT WAS WONDERFUL! 3 hours of complete relaxation in the roman baths....hot sauna, spas, jets, towers of water...and bathing in warm water with beautiful music (enya) in the background, overlooking the Pyreness mountains...ohh...everything you could imagine but on a very grand scale...go to www.caldea.com to see it...

On the way home, we got checked by customs in case we were smuggling alcohol and cigarettes...i was so glad we didn't buy the bottle of whiskey we saw for 1.95!

It was so worth it....dinner was late....but it was a fulfilling, glorious day...