Andorra

Part 3: Andorra!

I had never heard of Andorra until about a week before we left for Spain. It's a beautiful, very small country between France & Spain. It started as a city atop the Pyrenees mountains. At different points in history both France and Spain have tried to conquer it, but due to its awesome mountain top location, this was not possible for either country. So they gave up and said "Be your own country." And a tax free country they became. They are best known for skiing and duty free shopping. 

Here's just a few of my favorite pictures of Andorra.

Please note the goats/cows/sheep that are roaming free throughout the mountains.

Here's a video of my dessert at our dinner the 1st night of camping in Andorra. (Our campsite had a sit down restaurant, so much for "roughing" it.) Anyone seen the movie Amelie? In the movie, Amelie lists her favorite things and one of them is cracking Creme Brulee. So this is for my roomie, who loves the movie.

Camping in Europe has a bunch of luxuries that I never would have dreamed of in America.

We ate in a restaurant, had showers, laundry facility, grocery store, and duty free shopping!

Here's a tour of some of the other amenities our campsite had....

(Oh, and I figured out what that sign in the video meant, its for the people 

who bring their own camper vans and have to dispose of chemical waste.)

I love camping in Europe! Seriously, one of our other friends went camping for 2 weeks in 

France and had a mini fridge in his tent, I think maybe even a bed? All that was missing 

were the walls.

One last picture, we got stuck in the most annoying traffic jam when we went to the top

of the mountains. There was really only one road leading down the mountain and through

the center of town, this means that whenever someone slowed down to make a turn off

the main road, it slowed down traffic, pretty much for the entire country. We sat in traffic,

and when I get bored I take pictures...

If you didn't read the Barcelona blog, go back one entry and you can find pictures 

for Toulouse, Carcassonne, Barcelona & Andorra.

I'm pretty sure the next blog is going to be about something pretty fantastic! So stay tuned...