Vilamos Vall d'Aran 19/06/2016

Today it was a motorbike day. I'm in a group called www.mototurisme.cat which organizes a monthly motorbike trip. This month the router started near Ponts and ended in a restaurant close to Vielha, Vall d'Aran.

We usually are around 40-50 motorbike but this time we were only around 20-25. The main reason was that Vielha is far away from Barcelona. People who came back home straight after the trip did around 700 km. I didn't have to go back to Barcelona because I stayed at El Pont de Suert to stay with my grandparent for a day.

The route was amazing, specially the Bonaigua pass (Port de la Bonaigua). It was quite cold, near 1ºC. We stopped at the top of the pass and did a group photo and headed to Vilamos, a small nice town where we visited a typical Aran house and we saw the outside of a church.

After the visit we went to the Restaurant where we ate. The group disbanded after eating and everybody went back home. I headed to El Pont the Suert, it's a short trip, circa 30 min.

Strasbourg 27/03/2015

Today I made a visit to Strasbourg and particularly to the Strasbourg Cathedral or Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.


The journey from Karlsruhe to Strasbourg took a bit less than 2 hours by regional trains, as they are cheaper. Once we got there we walked over a bridge an entered in the old part of the city and keep walking till we found the Cathedral.


First think you notice is it's height, 142 meters that made it the tallest building in the world from 1647 to 1874 , and the clearly Gothic style of the front gate. Then we went to the sides to be able to see it's real size. As you can see it's really big.

We where able get inside and climb till one of the highest parts in from which we could appreciate good panoramic views from the city. The old style buildings are clearly dominating in this part of the city and they give a medieval atmosphere to the view.

Some curious information from the cathedral is that it took 263 to build (1176-1439). It was build over the ruins of the previous cathedral, which burned to the ground.