We had decided to stay south of Alicante as it didn’t seem to offer us much to sightsee, at least nothing new that we haven’t already experienced, and a day at the beachside sounded more like what we would enjoy. Today started out partly cloudy with a light but persistent breeze and it turned out a day that keeping a hat on just a little difficult. We had to take a space between showering as the hot water in Spain’s smallest shower cubicle (probably equated to one we had in our hotel in Istanbul on the BBA V1) ran out just as I was finished. Luckily it was one of those fast fill and heat cylinders. My experience in the shower wasn’t enhanced by the water that rose to my ankles and I found out after ... read more

Camp dwellers tend to be up and about early as they get the first use of the communal showers although we didn’t have to worry about queuing up as we had our own shower in the bungalow. But we had a reasonable distance to travel today and we want to make as much time enjoying the facilities at our overnight stop in Mojacar which should include a terrace with a sea view. However, we could tell something was wrong with the camp water supply as we turned on the shower and only a dribble of water emerged and then nothing! Was it just our bungalow or was it the whole camp? We had breakfast and wandered down to the office which opened at 9am to see if the water problem was just us or the whole ... read more

The cloud of yesterday has cleared away this morning to another brilliantly fine day. However whatever that wind change and cooling down last evening was it has left behind a new dusting of snow on the Sierra Nevada mountain range which rises up dramatically behind the city of Granada. We hadn’t been able to make the mountains out clearly last night when we arrived as they were hidden by the cloud but this morning with the cloud gone we realised just how close the mountain range is. We don’t have tickets for Granada’s main tourist attraction, the Alhambra. We hadn’t appreciated the popularity of the place and although we could have bought them online once we knew the dates we were going to be in the city the tickets for today and tomorrow were all gone. ... read more

Looks like a good day for some sightseeing in old Cordoba with a little bit of cloud cover. The BBA’s local tour director has worked out the bus timetable to downtown and we are scheduled for the 11am departure from just down the street so time enough for a bit of a lie in and leisurely breakfast. This apartment, at the bottom of the hill, would be nicer if we had a balcony as we thought we were going to have because then we could at least make the most the view out over the bush. We weren’t quite sure which direction the bus would come from but it will only be a few steps across a quiet road if we are on the wrong side. It is always good when you are waiting at an ... read more

Tuesday 26thand the day after ANZAC Day, a day in our calendar that has become very important to us as we remember those who gave their lives in wars on the other side of the world to keep the world free for us and our fellow New Zealanders and Australian’s to be able to live and amongst other things, travel.We had commemorated ANZAC Day when we got home from dinner last night and watched a short video we had made of the ANZAC dawn service at the Mount last year. This year, yesterday, our daughter Erin was attending with husband Brent and she was wearing the medals her late grandfather never claimed when his service in the armed forces came to an end. And today we going to visit a little piece of Blighty, then enclave ... read more