Blogs from Region of Murcia, Spain, Europe - page 6

I'm sitting, well really half lying, on my bed in the Pension Balcones Azules (Blue Balconies) in Cartagena (said Cart-a-khe-na), Wednesday afternoon. I arrived here Monday by bus. When I was packing on Sunday night I realised that I had left behind in Granada a display folder with some personal stuff in it. Luckily nothing too important. So this was 'boo-boo' number two. Remember, an attempted bag snatch on Thursday in Granada was number one! I wondered what number three would be. I did not have long to wait, as on the bus journey from Almeria to Cartagena the bus broke down, only 10 km from Cartagena. The gear box made a terrible noise and when I looked under the bus there was oil all over the road! So the seven passengers waited an hour for ... read more

Left guardamar early to cash points and hit the mountains and scenery stunning Temp,climbing to 20 degs we made good progress and stopped for coffee break at caravaca Dishing up crispy €50 euro notes to the kitty Truck stop,with nice lady serving helped by uncle festa who spoke English Police also at stop,having coffee break Left but rejoined carriageway eastwards so had to double back to continue west on climbing upto 1000 metres upwards Neil,and I saw flashing cars headlights and slowed but GOode missed this and was hauled in by West Murcia cops and relived of the kitty €150 Lucky no exhaust or helmet checks may have seen him introduced to the Spanish inquisition Team agreed to fund the fine and now face with gruel for dinner to night as budget for dinner depleted. Lunch ... read more

BLOG 6 Sunday 20 May – continued from last time when we’d freecamped at Villaneuva de Algaidas with the two other GB vans............what a boring lot they were. In the morning we watched one of them empty their loo cassette then drive away (thrilling) and there were no signs of life in the other van, apart from a blind been opened then closed.........perhaps he’d dun ‘er in?! Anyway it was an off day – more showers than sunshine and some downright downpours. After several miles of pretty winding and totally empty roads, we did a long motorway stint (about 130 miles) east towards Granada , then southeast to the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to Lanjaron on ‘the threshold of Las Alpujarras, a scenic upland area of dramatic landscapes, where steep terraced hillsides and deep-cut ... read more

Finally! Friday crept around and Clay, Hannah, Kristin, Kim, Meg and myself headed off to Alicante in southern Spain as a belated extension to Clay’s 30th birthday celebrations for some much needed vitamin D. We flew in on the Friday evening and picked up the hire car. I nominated myself to drive though I had never driven on the right or in a left side drive car before. It wasn’t as difficult as I imagined though there were certain things I went to do automatically which I had never thought about, like going to change gears and I kept slamming my hand into the door until I learnt that the gear stick was now on the right. We found our villa and went out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant. The first thing we ordered – ... read more

Wir wurden von Koni und Uschi zu einem super Paellaessen eingeladen. Das Restaurant liegt in einer kleinen Bucht kurz vor Cartagena.... read more