Hotel Madrid Torrevieja

... 15 minutes to take pictures by the small river which had very little water in it and a lot of garbage. We got back on the bus and drove to Aleta to see an old church and that was locked soooo we went back to the ship and went to dinner but first I talked on the phone and managed to lose my glasses. Didn't realize it however until after dinner and then ...

... 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>

... we went to see and in Altea there was a beautiful rocky beach where Cristina and I had a really good heart to heart about our lives. Hehe, so corny but it was really good. I &lt;3 her mucho!~! I love good listeners since I'm such a big talker, tehe, but I love talkers too, which thank goodness both Elizabeth and Cristina are!~!<br>And hollaback at that anchor!~! DG love!~! o--+--)<br>

... much or sleep too much and so I hope that won't get the better of us later but so far it's been nothing less than amazing and now when I look back at all the people saying, "Oh you'll love it!" or " You'll catch on, you'll get the language" or "You'll have the BEST time" I realize they were actually kinda right. When before I scornfully was like, "Yeah? Well maybe I'll be the exception to that rule so don't get my ****ing ...

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 ...

... didnt work in a camping stove. But this wont defeat us, so we made a fire! Unfortunatelly the fire, was to hot and deformed the aluminium pan which proceeded to tip over and pour our food on the ground. <br><br>Unfortunately, Unfortunately, Unfortunately.......Despite all of this I am thoroughly enjoying this trip because the good times destroy the bad times. And even the bad times are funny in retrospect.. . . Mike.

So Alex had to go back to the consulate in the morning and being true friends me and Olly decided to join him. In the Brittish consulate you basically have about 15 people at any time who have had their passports robbed. During our short stay we spoke to a few fellow British people around us. A particularily funny convosation started with an old british man who was keen to share his words of wisdom, unfortunately, he was not even slightly wise. He started the ...

So, day 2 in Alacant. Had to start off by finding the British consulate so Alex can get a new passport. After a pretty standard day we bought some cheap Sangria and food which we cooked in the courtyard of the hostel. Thats right 7 euros a night and it has an f-in courtyard. We cooked food, drank and ate with a few of the German dudes whilst the rest of the guys where lost in the city. After ...

Casita Jasmin Torrevieja Spain Home Ahhhhh, It is exactly what we all needed. Peace. Laundry, pool, wine, and coffee. We arrived in Alicante last night by first class train (it was nicer than our transatlantic flight if you can believe it!) at about 10 pm. The car rental place that we had booked a car from was, of course, at the airport, and we were a day late arriving. Upon reviewing our options, #1 take a train or cab to the airport, hope the car rental place is still open and hope ...

... be ready to go tomorrow - weather dependant, of course. This harbor is one of the bigger ones we've been in and have been watching lots of activity from our anchorage. This morning (Saturday) there are several small sailboats buzzing around and children's rowing club. We just had two who haven't yet handled the finer points of steering of the skull get caught between our bow and anchor chain. We freed them and they yelled their thanks and went on their way.