Sol Y Mar Gran Hotel Calpe

Benidorm is called the Manhattan of the Costa Blanca, not cause its super cool, but because of its numerous high rises. We didn't spent much time here, we drove 20 min to the next town called Calpe. We did a cool hike, up a huge rock peninsula, and recommended by the guide book we brought with us. Being experienced hikers and being completely ignorant as to what we ...

... hours away!<br> <br>Admist all the beach visits, snorkeling, and socialising, we have tried to maintain a routine of sorts ... children have continued their Spanish lessons three times a week, then there's some homework, basic housework, and Trent has spent four weeks at a Football clinic, a lot of it in the heat of the day - but he never complained - he loved it. The idea behind this 'football school' was to try to get him to understand the ...

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. <br><br>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 ...

... br><br>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<br><br>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:<br><br>Benidorm ist auf Anhieb sympathisch. Adrett, Sauber, viel leiser und ...

... versammeln sich auf m Muerle, das lass ich mir nicht entgehen. Von der Festung hat man auch eine recht gute Aussicht. Das Oertle ist natuerlich total touristisch, aber es gibt neben tausenden Andenken, auch interessante Museen und Ausstellungen!<br><br> <br><br><br>Der kreative Kunst-Irrgarten gefaellt mir ...

Bussed to Denia, arriving around 6pm.<br><br>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 ...

... autobus numero 30. Paso uno que arriba no tenia techo, parecia un autobus turistico, no tenia numero asi que no nos subimos. Pero resulta que era ese el numero 30. El siguiente no volvia a pasar hasta 1 hora despues. Asi que cogimos otro bus que nos dejaba bastante cerca tambien.<br><br>Al llegar al hotel subimos hasta la planta 41 en el ascensor y el resto por las escaleras. La vista era muy bonita, podia verse todo. Una pequeña isla que hay ...

Hoy no se que contar. Lo que he hecho se ve en las fotos, <br>Bueno ahora recuerdo cosas.<br>Por la manana estaba en la playa. Me lleve las gafas de la piscina y he estado viendo los peces.<br>Habia muchas olas y el agua estaba un poco sucio, pero se estaba bien, he encontrado una zona limpia, jeje y los peces.. no querian que les viera, se escapaban.<br>Depues queriamos ir a comer al restaurante chino, pero necesitaba ir al bano. Asi que como volvimos a casa mi madre dijo ...

... I just want to take this opportunity to encourage you .. don't give in to the 'what if's' and the 'buts'. If nothing else the New Year reminds us of how time passes us by so quickly, and it is a time for reflection as well as anticipation. What is most important is that we can stand at the end of a year, knowing we've achieved what we set out to, (even if it's not quite how planned it would go), but much, much better ...