El Cortijo del Aire
Travel Blogs from Almeria
Reasons to be cheerful !
... Mojacar. There are two parts. The townhouse is located in Mojacar Playa. A relatively new development of low rise hotels, villas, shops and bars stretching along 5 or 6 kilometres of the coast. Mojacar Pueblo is the older part perched on the edge of a hill. We are all looking forward to the 4 months stay. Signora is already attending a weekly yoga class and intends to make use of the nearby riding school and Signor is looking at ...
Fruit and Nuts !
Novembre 1st a Novembre 8th
Sadly, this is the penultimate blog for the Winter. Señor y Señora have today signed contacts for a villa in Mojacar for four months. We move in tomorrow, I'm looking forward to it. A room on my own, sea views, beach walks and swimming pool, can't wait. We will resume the adventure in mid-March 2013 when we motorhome into Portugal.
La Albufera.
We have together been divvying out roles due to discord within the team that ...
Love is conditional...
... balls seeking refuge underneath the safety barriers enclosing the road. As I approach them a feeling of sadness for the poor creatures floods me like the countryside as I think of how their homes have been turned into an underground aquarium and their absence of umbrellas or jackets makes them shiver in the rain. I pass them by, close enough to almost touch them. They quickly scurry away, with their long pink tails behind them. Wait. Long pink tails? I brake ...
Overnight... and then bus/train to Valencia
I'd stayed in Almeria before because there's no train link north so the best way is to go by coach up t Alicante and then catch the train which goes all the way up to France. My last experience hadn't been so great, so I had no expectations.
However, the girl at recenption pointed me to the main street and a Restaurant BOTEGA where I had a super meal before turning in.
I won't be so wary of returning ...
... and to San Jose
The alarm-clock in the Hilton awoke us as 3.30. We hadn't switched it on. UGH. It broke the short night and confirmed that it would be better in future to get up early at home. The only positive was that we'd been able to check-in my backpack with SqeasyJet the previous evening, so all we had to do was get to the gate for the grin-and-bear-it flight. Straight back to sleep on the plane and the day started properly when I woke as we landed.
We picked ...