By Hamish (& Belinda)

It was a dark and stormy night – except it was early morning, as I wake up in Montazels – I don’t move. I am not a morning person. Once I wake up, I get the biggest bowl of cornflakes ever and watch Mum and Dad pack up everything.

After we’ve packed, we hop in the car and I settle into my favourite spot in the back seat and listen to music for the 2 1/2 hour trip to Andorra. I ate some sweets (mini M&M’s) and relaxed. I looked out the window whilst I was listening to music and suddenly we arrived in Andorra. We stop 15 minutes before our destination of Arinsal (small village in Andorra) whilst Dad makes a quick trip to the bathroom. Mum got petrol (B here, it’s the cheapest we’ve found at 1.20 Euro per litre) and I stayed in the car.

When we arrived at Arinsal Mum checked in and Dad and I sat around waiting for her. Then we got our singular suitcase and unpacked it in our hotel room. The room was an OK room with moderate views of absolutely nothing except cars, the street and the Irish Pub. We had lunch at The Factory which is a restaurant close to our apartment and alongside the river. I had a pizza and a sprite, Dad had a burger and fries and Mum had a chicken curry. Dad had an ingenious idea to put my empty sprite can on Mum’s handbag so that if anyone tried to steal it, it would make a noise (B here, for the record, no-one tried to steal it and I voiced my concern, numerous times, about lemonade dripping onto my bag).

Nothing much happened that day, I played MC Dungeons and Mum and Dad went for another walk. Later we had dinner at an Argentinian restaurant called Surf Arinsal; I got a veal schnitty, Dad got a pizza and Mum got a serving of nachos. We also played a couple of games there (music quiz and Cinqo).

Today we had a 6 1/2 hour drive to get to our destination of Madrid.

I didn’t see any of the landmarks of Madrid Drive from MarioKart 8 Deluxe, Booster Course. Within 3 hours of arriving in Madrid, we have already had churros and thick hot chocolate. Dad has just cooked dinner (stir fry with salmon and rice) and I have done some maths. Tomorrow we will eat sushi from the sushi place near our apartment (B here, we will also plan out what we’re going to do this week).

Post Script from Belinda:

Andorra is gorgeous – it was just a quick overnighter to tick off the Micro Nation, so we didn’t have much time for exploring. I didn’t see any Pro-Cyclists. The Irish Pub was shut, much to my displeasure. In Madrid, we are staying in a northern suburb called ‘Penagrande’ or it could actually be ‘Barrio Del Pilar’ – we are in the middle of both. It’s a residential area with loads of cafes and shops; the metro is right outside our door! Rod and I shopped at the local supermarket (Supermarket Dia) and the prices are the cheapest we’ve seen since we arrived in Europe nearly 6 weeks ago! We have our metro card sorted and I think tomorrow we might just catch the underground into the middle of Madrid and see what we can find.