Caribe Hotel Cartagena

... of Biscay which can be very stormy, fingers crossed it will be a fine crossing. We land at 8.00 am Friday morning and then we drive across Spain to the Costa Calida where we plan to spend a few weeks in a small Spanish village called Roldan, then we move on to a town called Lo Pagan,<br>

... of wine for 25 Euros. They ranged in price from 0.65 Euros to 5 Euros. I didn&#8217;t know what all them were, but I figured that even if I didn&#8217;t like one or two of the wines, for those prices, I could afford to find out!<br><br>On the way back to the boat, I passed a bunch of other passengers from the Noordam. Had a couple of people ask where my cabin was so they could join the party! And I gave directions to the supermarket to all who asked. I was ...

Well, another day on the road. Sunday. Not a good day in Spain. They take there Jesus and stuff like that pretty serious over here. This probably explains the the 50 ft statue they built of him on top of a mountain. I mean, honestly, i dont want to say i could do things better, but, spend that money on finishing buildings or building roads that cyclists can use, or policing the beaches, anything but a 50 ft statue. Waste of money. <br><br>So, anyway, we arrived in ...

Last night we went to a spanish beach bar which was right on the beach no English people were there and non of the bar staff spoke English which i really like! I like to see a country from the locals no touristy areas.<br><br>Today we went to the Puerto de Mazzron in the day we got a bus down which was half hour late! We went to a restaurant which we had previously been ...

Yesterday was spent mostley lazing about the pool went to an English owned retaurant for something to eat I order chicken and Chips and Josh had full english breakfast! It was 8 Euros for each meal and the meals were far to big for that heat. Because we had over stuffed ourself we then went and relaxed by the pool for the rest of the day.<br><br>On the evening we decided that we were going ...

... still setting up there stands. <br><br>We walked through and they sold everything you could think of clothes, electrical equipment, CDs, DVDs fruit and veg etc. The smell of cooked chicken which was being sold made me very hungary. We decided to walk through the fruit and veg section and there was lots of older spanish women with there granny trollies lol. It was very packed walking through the fruit and veg section and you had to push your way through.<br><br>We found a food stool which ...

... all the locals seemed to be at this bar and no tourist except for me and Josh and this is exsacly what i wanted to go to the more spanish areas with the locals and not the tourist areas.<br><br>Then after a drink there i went for a swim in the sea and we walked back to the villa and swam in the swimming pool.<br><br>It was about 3pm and 39 degress now!! Then sat on the balcony read a book and walked down to the restaurant at 8pm to take my ...

One may think that with the trouble we had in getting here, we weren't meant to be here. There was a fire on another train aheadd of us, and we were delayed by 2 hours. Then our train was having problems and we had to transfer to another train. All in all we arrived in Murcia at 12:45am, 4 hours late, but very excited to see Javier, Carmen and still waiting to see the girls who got up and went to school while we still slept.

... understand they have bureau de change's all over the UK so I went down and was really impressed with the service. Furthermore the exchange rate was fantastic and they were really friendly, offering a personal service which I liked. <br><br>Whilst I was there I noticed they helped with large individual money transfers for people emigrating abroad. Approaching late 50s this is something me and my wife have considered at some length. <br><br>Not knowing ...

... 2 we moved to another part of the marina for a bit more privacy and where we met a few more cruisers who are also going our way. One of them is an Australian Cat "White Hawk" owned by a couple Paul and Lyn, who are Brits that have seen the light and moved to Australia and in true aussie tradition had us and some others over to their boat for sausage sizzle and drinks. We have to do something to pass the time while waiting for the weather.....