Hotel Mediterraneo Park Roquetas de Mar

... started giggling and said, "Gratis! Gratis." Anyway, I ended up getting the wine for 5 euro. But I swear I had no intention of bargaining her down. It was the strangest experience, but I loved it. Sort of like how I loved when I returned to my hotel room to realize the fridge is a mini-mini-MINI fridge and about 4 inches deep. My pizza is now doing a face plant in the fridge and I'm drinking my haggled wine out of a plastic cup.<br><br>You just never know what to expect from the day.<br>

... had an American vegetarian in his Argentinian restaurant in Spain. I had some delicious vegetable soup and pasta. And after one glass of Rioja (typical Spanish wine) he suggested I instead drink the 'good stuff' some Syrah wine from Argentina. I am now on my 3rd glass of wine, my bag has been 'dropped' by my side for 2 hours and my friendly waiter, who also lived in Rhode Island for several years, snuck me the wifi passcode for the restaurant's office.<br><br>Life is good.

We had great intentions starting out the day. We planned to drive along the coastline to a town called Almeria. it's a 2+ hour drive. We thought spanish coastline, it's got to be pretty right? Not so much. It started out beautiful. Picturesque cliffs that roll into the crystal blue water of the mediterranean ocean. But once we passed the first few cities it became the plastic jungle. Every city after this, all the way to almeria, is a farming town. the hillsides are ...

... someone had been waiting behind a rock near us. I couldnt have left faster if i tried. Very stressful moment. <br><br>So we cycled to the other side of Almeria but our journey was cut short due to a coastal windy road with no lights. We had no choice but to sleep where we were. which happened to be up some steps near a light house in the view of hookers. Seriously no other choice. Also, where we slept the happened to be 1cm by 1 inch orange woodlice crawling everywhere. Lovely.

Returned to San Jose. Next day drove around to the town of Cabo de Gata, saw the salt-pans, went up the the "Cape", saw the incredible beach of Cabo de Gata, had great lunch there, then went around to the beach at Monsul. Eventually decided I HAD to leave!! 

... The terrain became more and more barren. This is the area where all the "spaghetti westerns" (Good Bad &amp; Ugly, etc) were filmed in the 60's and 70's. Allegedly because it looks just like Arizona, but I wouldn't know because I've never been there. Reputedly, it's the driest part of Europe.  I headed off the motorway towards Tavernas, spotting a couple of "Wild West" towns along the way, and went to "Mini-Hollywood" which is basically a theme park. Having ...

VENDREDI 01 MAI 2009 ESPAGNE on s4est arrete a l4hotel de la paz entre 9h et 15h pour manger, dormir, et ;anger bocatillo con jamon y tortilla reprise de la route poour almeria arrivee a al;eria vers 19h, on ne trouve rien d ouvert cause du 1er mai, la ville est vrai;ent pourrie, d enormes immeubles au bord de la plage et un port tout industriel....berkkkk du coup, on se ...

We travelled for four hours along the N340 coast road. Couldn´t really appreciate the scenery as I was concentrating too much on the ever winding road. As we were climbing up one side of a mountain, I was thinking, ´Oh, we have got to come down the other side´. It was really hair-raising! Rocky said if he had been driving he would have S**t himself! We arrived safetly in ...

... a couple of hours we were joined by three German lads from the camp site, making it an even twelve - Two Englishmen, Five Germans, An American, An Australian, A Belgian and Two Poles. Despite our ability not to use the rather tasteless German joke, the conversation soon came round to English humour. It turns out that Monty Python is our finest export, and everyone was a fan. It was actually the Germans who brought up the ...

... de français et d'arabe. Tout le monde s'installe. On va faire les papiers pour la douane pour la voiture. Papa et moi avons laissé des papiers dans la voiture. Tant pis ! On va manger à la cafet et tout le monde mange pareil... « Monsieur M___ Jean-Baptiste est prié de se rendre au bureau d'information ». Il y va. Il faut les papiers et il les trouve pas ! On monte pour les trouver et un jeune qui a le même problème râle, ils refusent ...