Blogs from Region of Murcia, Spain, Europe - page 13

Thursday, April 8 We hit the road early again, hoping to reach Murcia by late afternoon. All in all we would be driving almost 950 miles from Besancon, France to Murcia, Spain. By late morning we crossed the Spanish border--yipee! Immediately the landscape seemed different. There were rolling hills covered in coarse vegetation, there were yellow flowers dotting the grass patches, there were mountains in the distance (the Pyrenees) and of course: there were orange trees! Orange trees and olive trees as far as the eye could see! We stopped at a cafe along the road for breakfast. I had a pastry, coffee, and fresh squeezed orange juice that was out of this world. The coffee, however, was terrible (Spanish coffee is said to be very low in quality, but then again I was with ... read more

Sitting in Spain thinking "what have I forgot to pack or forgot to do " before I leave for the UK in 2 days time , I am there for 15 days then straight to Peru and South America for 6 months , I cant believe I havent forgotten anything but never mind I am sure they sell toothbrushes in Lima.... read more

Wenn man Besuch bekommt so wie wir von Jorunn und Rolf aus Sandnes/Norwegen dann macht man Pläne welche Sehenswürdigkeiten und Orte den Gästen gezeigt werden sollen, hoffentlich sind sie auch gut zu Fuss? So auch bei uns beginnend mit einem Rundgang in Playa Honda inklusive einer Visite der Beach, an den folgenden Tagen dann Puerto Tomas Maestre und Kanalausgang (für die Schifffahrt einzigster Zugang ins Mar Menor) und das Ende von La Manga mit Buckelbrücke (Romanische Steinbrücke aus dem 1200 Jahrhundert) Tagesabschluss dann Cafe con Leche in der Bar Falua. Weitere Highlights waren die Ausflüge an die Calblanque d.h. ein Naturschutzgebiet mit feinem Sandstrand welcher im Sommer so heiss wird das man nicht darüber laufen kann, trotz allem wird dieses Gebiet von Malern wegen der vielen Motive, von den Nudisten wegen der Freiheit hier ohne Kleider ... read more

Ola Bo & Dud, I forgot to tell you about something strange that I spotted en route to Fortuna. We left the motorway just after Murcia and immediately the scenery changed from being urbanized to rural countryside. Standing in the middle of nowhere was a young woman - low top and short skirt revealing more than enough of her body, and with knee high, black high heeled boots. As I was supposed to be helping look for camp site signs, I only caught a glimpse, but it struck me as being rather unusual. I suggested to Howard that this might be a working girl, but he dismissed this because of where she was and we began to speculate why she would be there. Well!! the following week when we had an outing we overshot our turn ... read more

Ola Bo & Dud, I never thought that we would be sad that winter is over. As we know from experience it is difficult to get any sort of travel insurance for more than 6/8 months at a time (did you know that Howard and I are on a ‘gap’ year and we have a policy that is intended to cover students), so Torre del Mar is emptying of the pensionistas heading back to the UK. It took us the best part of a week to prepare for departure. We’ve never had the caravan and awning in one place for such a long period of time and to say that everything was dirty is an understatement. I now know why mud walls are called such - I usually just wipe them over with a wet cloth, ... read more