Andorra 19 07 08

We left vinyols and drove pretty much due north towards Andorra. We elected to take the country road rather than the motorway as we reckoned the scenery would be much better – we were right.

We took the C14 right up to Artesa then headed slightly East then north again, through Ponts (a lovely little town) then we stopped in Organya for lunch, there didn't seem to be much to the town but we found some really nice buildings behind the main street. We noticed as we drove north and inland the scenery changed, it is more like rural France, the houses are like what we would imagine rural french houses look like. The language is Catalan or Castillian both like Spanish but with enough of a difference to make communication difficult.

These 3 pics above are from Organa.

Whilst I remember here are some pic taken round the camp site yesterday.

This wee girl was fascinated by Dan

So back to today, as we approached Andorra, the Guardia Civil were out in force, something big was going down, I suspect they were looking for drugs or something as they had pulled over some motorcyclists and they all had sub machine guns out.

We crossed the border into Andorra with little fanfair, there was a huge queue for people leaving and going back to Spain as Andorra is a tax free country like Gibraltar so they are always on the look out for people with to much booze. We have hardly a spare inch of space so we wont be trying to smuggle.

The roads are very busy here but the scenery is stunning, very Alpine. Susan and I came her about 10 years ago with Dave and Alli for a Skiing holiday so we recognised some places.

We drove through the main town Andorra La Vella and on to Encamp where we had decided to Stay.

The temperature is very high, it touch 45 degrees Celsius at the site and we sweated buckets getting the tent set up. I walked the dogs a bit and Susan did her washing.

 

Encamp - Andorra.

We walked into town and had a very cold drink then found a supermarket for a few things. The problem with camping is that we can't keep anything cool so we need to buy fresh every day.

Tonight w are going to have a Pizza then watch more 24. The sun has just dropped behind the hills 19.54 local time so already the temperature is dropping - Bliss!!!