Torres Gemelas Cartagena

... 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>

... of wine for 25 Euros. They ranged in price from 0.65 Euros to 5 Euros. I didn&#8217;t know what all them were, but I figured that even if I didn&#8217;t like one or two of the wines, for those prices, I could afford to find out!<br><br>On the way back to the boat, I passed a bunch of other passengers from the Noordam. Had a couple of people ask where my cabin was so they could join the party! And I gave directions to the supermarket to all who asked. I was ...

Last night we went to a spanish beach bar which was right on the beach no English people were there and non of the bar staff spoke English which i really like! I like to see a country from the locals no touristy areas.<br><br>Today we went to the Puerto de Mazzron in the day we got a bus down which was half hour late! We went to a restaurant which we had previously been ...

... all the back roads which were terrible and really bad and bumpy. We arrived on the port and went to a pub which was run by an English women, stayed there for one drink and then went for a walk there was a spanish punch and judy show (In spanish) we stood and watch that for ten minutes! It was strange because it was 11:15pm and there was spanish kids everywhere still up and it was packed ...

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Sunday, 7 December dawned bright but chilly as we anchored at Cartagena, Spain, a smallish town on the Iberian Peninsula closely linked to Spain's maritime and naval history. Cartagena, pronounced Carta-Hena, means New City. This was our first port for the two-week transatlantic cruise and it had been a substitution, together with Gibraltar, after the stops at the Moroccan ...

... has been stiff. It's not the poor girl's fault, though. But I'll have to see the neurologist when I get home. Everyone I talked to who went in said it was "a very clean little town." It was named for the Carthaginians, who established a fort here, and of course, after the Romans it's always the Turks, so there is some Moorish influence, though most of the old stuff is in ruins. It is a natural harbor and is a naval site of some ...

... greatly as he was a great travelling companion, either wrestling with the boys or helping them with their school work, watching old movies with me, helping Pete at the helm or the odd meal in the galley. He was very versatile! Cartagena like most Spanish cities we've been to has the usual habit of everyone out walking for the morning and then everyone disappears and it goes quite till about 4 o'clock. Then bang there are crowds of people ...

... our prepaid Visa travel card. Guess what??? IT DIDNT WORK! We were stuck at the restaurant with no way to pay our bill. After trying different things for about 3 hours, we finally found some Canadians that exchanged our dollars for euros. It was awful!

... Vic and I returned to the ship were we then sat by the pool in front of the splash bar having a drink or two. We met Sallie and Ray for dinner, Sallie and Ray then went to see the George Michael tribute singer, while vic and i enjoyed a few cocktails in the Casbah bar. Whilst walking through the connextions bar to get to the casbar, Vic helped a couple with a halloween ...