Andorra

Andorra. the town in Teruel, not the country in the Pyrenees, was our destination to visit the Mining Museum there, MWINAS. Although coal mining underground has now ceased, coal is still produced from very large open cast sites and that is why there is a coal fired power station with a 343 metre high chimney close by. 

The massive pithead which was built at the pit was kept in place when it closed and turned into a museum...

...along with machinery, tools and various artefacts used by the miners.

Then lunch at a restaurant in nearby Alloza, La Ojinegra. It's claim to fame is that it produces "slow food" on and in the oven of the wood fired stove shown above.

After lunch, a visit to the Ethnic Museum in Andorra, Museo etnográfico Ángel García Cañada, which is actually housed in the old bakery, the wood fired oven is shown above,...

...and to find out about the culture, the typical costume of the region and the classic jota in another part of the same building, but named Museo José Iranzo, "El Pastor de Andorra", after the famous singer born in Andorra who sang to President Kennedy.

Finally, just outside the town of Andorra on the way to Ariño is a company which produces honey and after tasting different types the presentation was finished off with a candle making demonstration. Margaret had to hold the candle wick vertically until the wax cooled and set.

What a great day!