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Edu: Vielha, Spain

I PINNED IT to pass a fuel truck puttering up the mountain on my way to Baqueira-Beret, a ski area near Vielha, Spain. Twenty inches of fresh, bountiful snowfall awaited. Then I saw the siren in the rearview mirror.

I blew it. The officer stared at my American license for a while. Then he called for backup. We exchanged a lot of emotional, unintelligible Spanish words. An

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