Andorra is a small principality of 180.6 sq miles in the Pyrenees between Spain and France.
We chose to go there for the day as it was between where we were staying in Spain and where we were going to in France, and we thought we would pick up some cheap booze. Andorra has a different tax system that is what makes wine cigarettes and luxury items so cheap

There are some beautiful walks high in the mountains, and skiing facilities in season (not that I ski) Yes it is a beautiful little country.
However it is the land of the shoppers after something cheap.

We bought a few groceries and some alcohol looked at baby things for my expected grandchild but didn’t see anything amazing or really, cheap, our car was too full of our camping and holiday things to enable us to buy more than a few bottles anyway. The shop was very busy and full of stuff leather jackets watches, shoes perfume it got a bit tooo much for me I was glad too finish was the money I saved really worth the time it cost us? I am sure if you look you could get a good bargain or two but my advice would be if you want something like a watch check out what price you can buy it for at home before you go and get bemused by the choice

Then Hell again we are in a queue to get through customs to get out of Andorra The queue is 2 miles long, we joined the queue on the road by the last petrol station before France. The sun was hot the road shimmering in the heat .lots of traffic hot exhaust fumes hot sticky sweaty bodies,
we slowly descended in slow bursts of movement before the long stops and then another short burst of movement the car stuttered along to and past the town to pass de le case with its rows of supermercado’s selling alcohol cigarettes perfume and chocolate .
A few bars on this busy through road we have been into the town before but not this time, the town shops sell designer wear electrical items, lots of perfume and luxury goods “shoppers paradise” as we pass the town we see cars parked all along the street shoppers struggling with boxes of whisky and brandy carrier bags, full of perfume back to their cars.
Traffic police are on duty standing by the sides of the road blowing their whistles and waving their arms about .
We are coming to a roundabout at the end of the town a nice young policeman stops the traffic for weary people to cross the road with there goods. (I must be getting old most policemen look young to me these days)
Now we join the queue to go through customs oh please don’t let them choose our car to check for illegal contraband I do not want the nice young French policeman rummaging through my dirty undies, look we only have a few bottles of brandy and some cointreau, a few biscuits, honest Oh he is checking the car in front Phew we are through mmmmmm a transporter been loaded with cars I wonder if they are smugglers!!We are through.