Home again, or?

Well I mean, Barcelona is where my home is right now, but I also feel like Denmark is my home and off course Sweden, where I'm from, is my home too. So I don't know if I'm homeless or privileged to have three? But it's nice in sports to have three countries to chear for :)

Anyway, we are now back from our roadtrip! We came back on Wednesday evening, but I have been working the last two days and done some other stuff. But here comes the trip in short:

We took off in our rented car Saturday morning and 3 hours later we arrived in Andorra La Vella (which is the capital of Andorra). The first day we walked around the city and then we drove up to a small lake, but it was quite cold in the mountains and the first day we did have some clouds, so it was a short walk.

The second day we went north, to Ordino where we hiked up along a waterfall. We didn't walk to the top, but we did see a fox! Charlie the dog was really excited (Jack Russell Terriers are used in fox hunting). In the afternoon we did a small trail in Massana, on out way back to Andorra La Vella.

The "fox-trail". The trail in Massana

The last day in Andorra, we went east to Canillo, where we wanted to hike up to a lake. But halfway up the mountain, we started to see snow.. At first it was only laying under trees where the sun hadn't come yet. But later it was also on the trail and then there were only snow, so we couldn't see the the markings for the trail, so we went down again. But we did see an eagle/hawk, a falcon and deers!

Later that day we also went for a scenic route in the mountains by car, and before dinner we didsome shopping.

The start of the "snow-trail". From the scenic route by car

Here some fast facts about Andorra:

* It is the only country where Catalan is the official language (eventhough it is the language of Catalonia (where Barcelona is)).

* It is the sixts smallest country in Europe, 2.5 times smaller than Paris

* The life expectency is the second highest in the world (82 years)

We then went back to Spain, to spend a night in Cadaques. On our way to the coast, we stopped in Figueres, where the painter Salvador Dalí was borned and we saw his museum.

In Cadaques we visited the house Dalí used to spend his summers in, and we did some nice walkes by the sea (Charlie bathed).

The Dalí museum with eggs on the roof. Cadaques bay

On our way home the next day, we went to Cap de Creus, which is Spains most eastern point. We thought of having a picnic there, but it was too windy :(

We also did a short visit in Girona, which actually suprised us and was really beautiful with old buildings and churches.

Cap de Creus. Girona

I will upload more pictures soon!

Going light and dark

Yepp at the same time! This is my two new friends for the summer:

The left one will hopefully give me a nice tan and the right one hopefully lighter hair. Today I tried both. You probably know bronzing oil, but what's up with the chamomile tea?

Well I tried what I had read on the web (for instance here), and this is the result:

Before:

After:

I don't know, maybe a little bit lighter? I think you have to do it a couple of times for better results. This is how you do it:

- Make really strong chamomile tea (1,5l with 4-6 (I had 6) tea bags)

- Wait for it to cool

- Wash your hair

- Then rinse the hair with the tea several times

- Sweep a damp towel around your hair and wait 10 min

- Brush your hair and let it dry in the sun (if you don't have time or if it's not sunny, I read that you can wear the towel for a bit longer instead).

For you with other haircolors, I read that you can use:

Black tea for brown/black/dark hair

Hibiscus tea for red hair

Rosemary and salvia tea for gray hair

I'm going to have a spray bottle (you know the ones you use for flowers) with me to the beach this summer, filled with chamomile tea, to spray the hair with while sunbathing. Unlike lemon (which also makes your hair lighter) the chamomile doesn't make the hair look like a birds nest afterwards. And best of all, it's super cheap!

Drinks, football and beach

After the all amarican feast yesterday at Hard Rock, we didn't have space for more food, so instead for dinner we went to a bar to celebrate Kasper's birthday and to se El Clásico. The bar we were supposed to go to, Foc, were full so instead we went to a Irish pub, The Fastnet, not far away. A lot of friends, beer (Swedish cider for me) and a 0-2 victory for Barca made the evening. The four of us then ended at Foc (when the game was over) anyway to finish of with a juicy cocktail and some nachos.

Today Kasper and I dressed up like turists (or more dressed down), with shorts (for the first time this year), flip-flops, espadrillos, bikinitop and some sunscreen and went to the beach. It was a bit windy, but ok if you laid down. Still think it the water is too cold.

Here are some pics from yesterday:

Kasper's gift from Mar and Ino

Mar and Ino. Manasa and Me

Geert-Jan and Philippine. Ebro, Ino and Maria

Coffee + croissants this morning. The beach at 1pm.