Marisol Park Calpe

First of all I can´t believe we actually survived the night. Whats more is that the lizards and cockroaches running around didnt go near me. Thats a good start.

Never see famous people in England , yet you cycle 1500 miles to a supermarket in the middle of Spain you find Tony Robbinson. Amazing. Then we ate big food ...

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Looking for a camping spot we noticed a very small crumbling abandoned building. What a great place to sleep. Little bit worrying about the old matress that was there though. Probably a hang out for crack addicts. But waking up to a mental crack head is not as bad as most of our other nights so we went for it.

Mit: Patrick aus Österreich

Wir reisen im gut klimatisierten Zug schnell aus Alicante hinaus, fahren an El Campello vorbei, ein malerische Bucht, wo auch viel Englisch zu hören ist, wie ich am nächsten Tag feststellen kann, villa Joyosa und dann Benidorm. Der Name klingt für meine Ohren ja recht ulkig, man soll sich aber nicht an offensichtlichen Äußerlichkeiten festhängen. Denn:

Benidorm ist auf Anhieb sympathisch. Adrett, Sauber, viel leiser und ...

... fuehren entlang der Wasserduempel den Bach hinauf. Die Menschen geniessen alle das kuehle Nass und auch ich kanns kaum mehr erwarten. Ab ins kuehle Nass. Und wirklich: es ist erfrischend!

Auch das gekuehlte Bier hernach schmeckt fein! In einer netten Runde geniessen wir den Abschluss des schonen Tages!

Bussed to Denia, arriving around 6pm.

Threw our stuff at the hostel (new just 2 weeks old and awesome) then made our way down to the grandstand. The grandstand is 3-sided, with the fourth bordering the wharf and the sea. The guns went off and somewhere in the city the bull run started. We were sitting up on the second top row so could see all the guys running followed by 8 bulls into the stadium. The old ducks behind us were cackling away... dunno ...

... lasting 11hrs. Tom and Harri were both unwell and as it was reasonably flat seas we think it's a tummy bug thing but not too bad. We had not been too impressed by the beaches in Spain so far but as we reached this region the water and the sand started to change. The water is that lovely clear sapphire colour and the sand now clean and golden. One port we tried to stay at La Vila Joiosa had brightly coloured apartments dotting the beach and palms with golden sand it ...

... mishaps are the stories you remember and laugh at later. This is so true and was a wonderful reminder to me! I have certainly had a few already on this trip. I am pleasantly surprised by how beautiful Valencia is. Since we arrived on a Sunday, most things were closed. So Scott and I just wandered the streets trying to get our barring. Today we are totally surprised at how different the city is during the week day. Streets that we walked down yesterday, look totally ...