21 August '05, Sunday.
After some early morning "last minute" shopping in Lourdes, we headed out. We had tried to get some gas (petrol), but all we could find in Loiurdes was those stations that use credit cards only...ours doesn't work for gas only. It could have been a problem, but fortuntely we still had half a tank and that will get us as far as we need. We have decided to visit a "Principality"...Andorra. Hell, I had no idea where it was until this morning. I think it is Andora that follows the host nation on the opening parade of the Olympic Games. Our route takes us east to Foix, France from Lourdes and then turns south for about 50 miles to Andorra la Vella. About 3 this afternoon, we decided that we had traveled enough, so we found ourselves a campground for the night. We are located in a very remote area of the Pyrenees with a small river at our door. The mountains go straight up from here and there is a small village hanging onto the hill above us. Tonight we are going to barbecue a felet magnon of pork, and compliment that with a 4 cheese ravioli and wine fof choise...man do we eat good, and I'm beginning to show it. The further we get away from Paris and deeper into France, we see more and more vehicles pulled to the side of the road for the "French Potty Break". Now some are very discreet, and then there are most of the others. Louise told me this afternoon that "apparently that man knows us because he is "waving" at us"...It wasn't too much further and we had the pleasure of 2 ladies who just hd to stop...bare butt and all... Don't they know they have roadside stops that provide potties? It is amusing, and it makes uis even more curious about what we may find once we get bck to the states and travel the roads there. Tommorrow's drive will be interesting. Normally when Louise is reading a map, the map shows the road to be straight with maybe a curve here and there, even when we are winding all over the place. Well, for the trip to morrow we may be in for a winding and twisting road trip from what we have never seen before...the map shows nothing but hairpin curves and almost straight up to the 7100 foot elevation to get into Andorra. My job driving will be tested and I can just hear Louise being "very silent" as we negociate the narrow roads with all the curves.
After some early morning "last minute" shopping in Lourdes, we headed out. We had tried to get some gas (petrol), but all we could find in Loiurdes was those stations that use credit cards only...ours doesn't work for gas only. It could have been a problem, but fortuntely we still had half a tank and that will get us as far as we need. We have decided to visit a "Principality"...Andorra. Hell, I had no idea where it was until this morning. I think it is Andora that follows the host nation on the opening parade of the Olympic Games. Our route takes us east to Foix, France from Lourdes and then turns south for about 50 miles to Andorra la Vella. About 3 this afternoon, we decided that we had traveled enough, so we found ourselves a campground for the night. We are located in a very remote area of the Pyrenees with a small river at our door. The mountains go straight up from here and there is a small village hanging onto the hill above us. Tonight we are going to barbecue a felet magnon of pork, and compliment that with a 4 cheese ravioli and wine fof choise...man do we eat good, and I'm beginning to show it. The further we get away from Paris and deeper into France, we see more and more vehicles pulled to the side of the road for the "French Potty Break". Now some are very discreet, and then there are most of the others. Louise told me this afternoon that "apparently that man knows us because he is "waving" at us"...It wasn't too much further and we had the pleasure of 2 ladies who just hd to stop...bare butt and all... Don't they know they have roadside stops that provide potties? It is amusing, and it makes uis even more curious about what we may find once we get bck to the states and travel the roads there. Tommorrow's drive will be interesting. Normally when Louise is reading a map, the map shows the road to be straight with maybe a curve here and there, even when we are winding all over the place. Well, for the trip to morrow we may be in for a winding and twisting road trip from what we have never seen before...the map shows nothing but hairpin curves and almost straight up to the 7100 foot elevation to get into Andorra. My job driving will be tested and I can just hear Louise being "very silent" as we negociate the narrow roads with all the curves.