Goodbye Andorra

And then goodbye to the people of the valley of Andorra. Although with so many Andorrans being immigrants (that's of the Spanish and French) you can't really call them a people so much as residents. It's been an odd brief visit. We can tick another country off the list but can't really say we got a load of the culture. If Barcelona was swamped by tourism, Andorra survives by tourism. This tiny country has no other reason to exist (economically) except to support a huge tourist and duty free culture. Of course in winter the snow redefines that tourism. But it's been a fascinating visit nonetheless. I've always had a curiosity about this country from the first time I saw it on the map as a young child but now 30 years or so later I suspect the country isn't what it was then. As we depart on our bus we snake through the valley leaving behind one big 'V' after another.