Hotel Carlos Iii Cartagena

The day as finally arrived to begin our 6 month break, away from the damp, wet climate of Mid Wales. The plan is to drive from here to Portsmouth to catch the Pride of Bilbao ferry bound for Bilbao, a journey that takes about 36 hours. The only part to worry about is the crossing across the ...

... in sweat by the time I got back to the ship. It was hot out, I had 9 liters of wine I was carrying, and it was about 2 miles from the supermarket to the ship.<br><br>Jacqui had spent the morning in the spa so we met back in the room when I got back to the ship and had showered off. Then we went back out and walked around the downtown area again. By that time, everything had already closed for Siesta. I&#8217;m still not sure why we stopped in Cartagena at all&#8230;

... after a few miles of cycling. Murcia basically has about 6 motorways going through it. Cant cycle on these. cant navigate because of our incredibly basic A3 map of spain. So we went and bought a beer. Then, a bit drunk (what!? it was hot and we were dehydrated from cycling) we aimlessly cycled around until we found a more detailed map behind some perspex glass, up a lamp post, at a bus stop. Probably shouldnt have taken it but desperate times.. . . . we are ...

... and order Churrioes which they found hard to understand what we were ordering cuz its pronounced differnt than how it is spelt.<br><br>Later that evening we cooked some we wedges on the BBQ then we had those which sausage and curry sauce!<br><br>Then we went to a spanish bar which was quite exspensive but it was all locals except for 2 other english people.<br><br><br><br>

... go to the puerto de mazzron for a few drinks. There was a land train which went from down by the beach by Bolnuevo beach! We waited for the train and waved it down however the driver shook his head and carried on driving we were waiting at the wrong spot :-(. <br><br>We decided to call a taxi and went in Monroes a english run bar by the beach. Our taxi driver picked us up and drove us ...

... selling these long things which looked like long thick chips. I wasnt that good at spanish to ask what they were so i just went a pointed saying una! She said Ingles and i said yes she gave me one portain( six sticks) and i put sugar on them as i saw other people doing<br><br>They were very nice it was like donut dough in a long stick which was fried, I later found out by my nan that they were called Churrioes.<br><br>Then we went back layed by the pool that night we had dinner at me nans.

... and grandad for dinner. It was a bit to early still very hot and much people didnt go out for dinner untill 10pm but went to a spanish restaurant and i had difficulty understanding the menu. We all ordered Pollo Y En Salada which is chicken and Salad.<br><br>It cam with flat potatoe and a really nice salad and the chicked was very tasty but a bit greasy but i really enjoyed it then we had a couple of drinks in the spanish bar . <br><br> <br>

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.

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It's a beautiful day, and I've been spending a lot of it on my balcony reading. But I am out of books!! The ship library has serious literature and some real ****, but nothing in between. So I'm hoping tomorrow I can do some book shopping in Gibraltar. My fever broke last night and the sinus infection has improved. But I think the vertigo is from my neck, not from the ears. I got a rather aggressive massage the other day, and my ...