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Expedition in Andorra: The Mountainous Country of Hiking and Skiing- English, Français, Español

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 1. Expedition in Andorra: The Mountainous Country of Hiking and Skiing Back in Fall 2021, when Gisela studied abroad for an entire semester in Seville, Spain, we did a lot of in-country and out-of-country trips. One such out-of-country trip was to Andorra, a tiny country bordering France and Spain in the Pyrenees Mountains. Gisela and I made that trip with three of Gisela's friends that she met in the study abroad program. This was a weekend trip, as we left Friday and returned Sunday. Gisela's friends got to Andorra on Thursday night. Gisela was unwilling to skip her Thursday classes to do that (she even had an evening class on Thursday). That Friday morning during the last week of September, Gisela and I woke up early and ate breakfast at our host family's apartment. Then we walked to the Sevilla Santa Justa Station. We needed to take the Renfe (Spain's speed train) to Barcelona. We found the correct platform and boarded the train. Typically, it would have taken nine...