Date: Wednesday 30th April
Staying: Camping La Cite – Carcassonne, France
Distance Travelled: 156.2 Miles
Song of the day: River Deep, Mountain High – Tina Turner
Today we drove in three countries within one hour. Starting in Andorra, we avoided the road on our map that looked like a 9 on a seismograph, and backtracked the way we came to Spain, with a brief border stop to be searched for excess tax-free purchases. Then we were back into Spain briefly before crossing the border into France, without even leaving the Pyrenees.
It’s not as bad as you might think, driving in the Pyrenees. If you’ve ever driven the Manawatu Gorge in New Zealand (and I know a few of you have), then you could handle the Pyrenees. Driving in the Coromandel is much worse. Once we were out of the mountains and into the back roads of France which, surprisingly, look a lot like New Zealand. It’s much more Spring-like since we were last here three weeks ago, and all the flowers are now out, along with some more clement weather.
We arrived to the campsite just outside Carcassonne just before 3pm. The site is about 1km from the walled city, and there is a beautiful view from the other side of the campsite, so we’ll go and explore it tomorrow.
Now you may remember earlier in the trip a few embarrassing moments involving plugging in the van to the campsite power and blowing everything up. Well we’ve now ascertained that Jarno needs more than 5 amps. We’ve got 10 amps tonight, so we’re backing up photos, playing music, rewriting the itinerary, and planning on watching a DVD tonight. Luxury. Plus Cam is cooking dinner (omelette, his speciality).
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