Day 2 France to Andorra

We awoke at 10am and checked out at 11. John thought I looked a little better after some sleep! We decided to wander into town to see a bit of the medieval Cahors which was quite an important place in History.

First stop was the fortified bridge that Cathors is famous for, the bridge was completed in 1378, its a pretty old bridge. Its also pretty spectacular. Took some pics and enjoyed this man made beauty amoungst some pretty awesome nature. The weather has been really good this two days and the jury are out wether or not John is sunburnt. We then wandered into the centre of town for some breakfast and to stock up for lunch. John really wanted to buy bread from a bakery and cheese from a cheese place. Getting the bread was easy and really cheap, we struggled however to attain the cheese. Walking round the town we felt that everyone was so relaxed and that they might have a greater quality of life here. It was ofcourse lunch time and they take 2 hours off for lunch! For breakfast we had the healthy option of French donought things with apple stuff in and lots of sugar. Good times. We never did find a fromage shop and had to settle for ham. Cahours is a truly wonderful place.

We left town at 1pm for the rather short drive to Emcamp in Andorra. Whilst driving, Ryan was at the wheel, John made sandwiches with the stuff we bought from Cahours, we traveled therefore pretty non-stop to Andorra. The scenery is pretty amazing, this whole area of France is dense forest and we were crossing a mountain range so we climbed to a very high altitude. Ears were poping. John was a little concerned at Ryan's driving up the mountain with all the hair pins turns, there were a lot so that you could gain alterdude. He was definatly tring to impress the girls in the polo that had overtaken them earlier. The air may have turned blue after the wheels screached and then normal driving style resumed. John wasn't happy but I had fun!

One the way we needed to go through a good few toll roads. I decided that it would be a good idea to break up the 50euro note that I had. after putting it into the machine and hearking the first few kerging, kerging, kerging, kerging... I noticed the error of my ways. kerging, kerging, kerging, kerging, kerging, kerging, kerging, kerging... about 20 2euro coins in total. Pretty smart of me huh. Attempting to shovel all the coins back into the car also was a fun challenge.

We stoped at the French-Andorran border for photo's, disappointingly there were no border guards or requirements for passports. Still got a photo of the flags and continued on into Andorra. A very different place, Andorra is strange to drive in as the population has had to squeeze into the any flat areas, building densely packed together in small pockets. Very cool scenery.

Andorra is of course famous for its sking, as we are here off season (starts 4th December) our hotel apartment was extremely cheap, like 35 quid. Yes I said appartment, we have a living room and kitchen and balcony. Shame we are here for only one day. Also as we are off season there are no tourists here, we didn't see any at all. Good times, we had a little wander round Emcamp having a few beers and walkining to a recommended resturant for dinner. We discovered why Andorrans have the longest life expectancy in the world, there a massive steps and high inclines to walk if you want to get anywhere. Pretty tiring! Also strangely on our walk we past 4 sheep grazing on a patch of grass between buildings, they must have to use any flat land they can.

Cathours to Emcamp: 179 Miles