Well if anyone is interested in skiing there is still snow in Andorra! last weekend I made the trip to Andorra. From Spain I took the C16 up to France crossing at Puigcerdá, and followed the N320 up over Pas de la Casa. The road is cool, nice and twisty and cold! At the top of the pass at over 2400m there was about 2 foot of snow at the side of the road, and a freezing fog hovering over the surface. It was kind of Erie. My new instruments read in Fahrenheit and i am still not expert in conversion, but at the coldest it was reading 19F, which i think is around minus 7c. Kind of cold!!!
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| From Andorra |
Stayed in a nice hotel in Canillo, and on Saturday did some exploring. I don't have a clue how to ski and now was not the time to learn so I went exploring trails. There are some cool ones in the direction of Llorts, with some really picturesque place.
The main roads are well salted and looked after, but once off the track there is plenty of snow!! So once again I got the opportunity to practice.
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| From Andorra |
Canillo is a small town located about 8km north of Andorra la Vela, but it does have a cool, motorcycle museum, with a great collection of bikes from turn of the 1900´s to a 2004 Paris Dakar KTM. With some really interesting bikes. Like a DKW with a Wankel Rotary engine in it and a bike adapted for the snow.. But I was drooling too much so had to leave and explore the city of Andorra la Vela.
Or is it a town.. not sure, but anyway its small with lots of expensive stuff. So if you want a new Tag Heur watch or Armani Suit this is the place for you. Ps it has some cool architecture also.
The ride back into Spain was lovely, with warm weather and all. I took route C14 which follows down a river valley past Coll de Nargó. Really nice. Tomorrow I leave for Aragon and hope to be home in around a week.
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