Andorra is a principality located between France and Spain. It is also a favorite among Lithuanian tourist seeking great cuisine and Ukrainian tourists (very recently) who went there assuming that Andorra really was Pandora in the Movie, Avatar. Ultimately the Lithuanians were happy, however the Ukrainians were bitterly disappointed.
Strangely enough, only until very recently, Andorra was completely unknown until a U.S. spy satellite spotted a really large billboard, coded in Catalan describing the largest shoe store, Andorra Footwear selling Andorran running sneakers, that happen to be manufactured entirely beyond cobra snake skin. Of course, when the bill board was translated, hoards of sneaker hungry European and US tourists flooded into Andorra to purchase these unusual sneakers. It isn’t just About Snake Shoes!
Away from their sneakers, Andorra has a lot more to offer vacation hungry tourists or displaced terrorists seeking an dealt with destination to hunker down. For starters, they’ve got a lot more to provide than anyone could ever imagine. Below include the ten most interesting reasons for Andorra that most everyone would like to know.
1. The language is almost Like Spanish, but… The language of Andorra is extremely comparable to Spanish, but was modified in 1342 by Prince Zebacula to confuse the Spanish. It resembles Spanish in some ways, however, several extra letters were included with totally confuse Spanish nobleman throughout their epic Scrabble tournaments, which can be a well liked among both Andorrans and the Spanish. This gave the advantage to the Andorrans that had bet heavily and won large tracts of land in Greenland, which Spain had conquered and claimed for their own. Obviously, everyone living in Greenland (maybe 11 people and 10 stranded caribou) knew that no-one wishes to live there, anyway.
2. Andorran didn’t have Native Snakes, Until 1994. Andorra didn’t have any reptiles of any kind, but one fateful day, an airliner flying low in the filming with the snake/plane movie on the Andorran countryside accidentally dropped 2,123 king cobras on the sleepy mountain towns of Andorra. The residents awoke also to their horror, saw they were overrun with large venomous cobras. Everyone hid, except one famous Andorran herpetologist who determined a way to solve the snake problem and correct their teetering economy that has been almost insolvent since the country purchased pre-Castro Cuban bearer bonds large quantities. At any rate, Dr. Frederic Limon, convinced the townspeople to generate cobra moccasins that had been eventually called Snake Shoes which became a moment hit on the list of few tourists they had. Andorran Snake Shoes are famous all over the world.
3. Andorra invented golf almost 1,300 in years past. Since the economy of Andorra was heavily established by ranching also, since the majority of the cattle pastures were found on the tops of hills and mountains in the Pyrenees, the towns that have been based in the valleys under the pastures suffered from the manure rolling into large clumps and landing in the center of their towns. This caused a lot of upset, until one of many townspeople dug holes throughout the hills and through the entire country. The manure then rolled harmlessly in the holes and the problem was solved.
The Andorrans celebrated and so on one inspired evening in 711 AD, they held a party and reenacted the answer to their manure problems. This become the sport of golf as well as the idea was quickly and shamelessly stolen by the Scottish aristocracy, which after a while is now mistakenly linked to Scotland. However, everyone in Andorra knows who invented the action They have a saying inside their language about that, “Ells poden creure que ells, els escocesos, va inventar el golf, pero al final, l’unic que va fer va ser robar aquest joc Bol merda de nosaltres!” This could really be quite clever should you understood Catalan.
4. Andorra invented skydiving in 1781. Juanito Megalora, an Andorran, was credited with having invented skydiving in 1781. He earned one fateful jump from the tallest peak in Andorra, Coma Pedrosa that is roughly 9,650 feet high. It was formerly called Muntanya Pedrosa, until Megalora jumped over mountain to his sad destiny. He languished in the coma, and so the name, for 237 days until his death. The irony from the event is that he could have survived the jump, if he only waited until a practical parachute was actually invented, which happened 1783 by Louis-Sebastien Lenormand, a Frenchman.
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