18 May 2013
Got a rental car for a road trip. I've often read about the Pyrenees mountains separating France & Spain so it was time to see for myself.
The mountains aare a lot larger and more rugged than I imagined. Some parts reminded me of Idaho & Utah mountains. Some of the Cascades. A late snow storm had (& still was) hitting the area, so we got to drive through a snow storm. We first went to a little midevil walled city Mont-Louis. It apeared that the tourits season is either winter or summer (or both) but not the spring, Everything was locked up tight. No stores open, the visitor center was closed and nobody around. Since it was snowing hard, we just kept driving.
Driving through a small French villiage, Shar saw the name of a restaurant and HAD to stop. Crapahuteur's. I think the name my best describe my meal!
As we drove toward Andorra, we got to drive up one of those switchback roads up over the pass. It was amazing scenery (what we could see around the clouds) I don't think Shar was impressed. The capital is crushed into a very narrow valley with a fast moving river. The length seemed like 20 miles long but few areas with more than 2 blocks wide. Andorra is a tax & duty free country so lots of tourists there to buy junk. Lots of high end stores.
(note - I can't seem to get photos to download. Maybe Allen can help)
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