We never stop being thankful that we are wintering in Cartagena. This town is full of surprises.
Any excuse for a party and the locals just love to dress up. As luck would have it we arrived back from our road trip around southern Spain just in time for a local carnival. It started at 6pm and when we left (3 1/2 hours later) the procession was still coming up the narrow streets. The locals are obviously inducted early and participate until they're too old to make the walk. The youngest ones could barely walk without help and the old ones had the rhythm.
We never stop being thankful that we are wintering in Cartagena. This town is full of surprises.
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Alhambra, Granada Spain Just back from a road trip visiting some of Spain's beautiful Islamic architecture (my favourite). Lenny enjoyed himself napping or making cheese and biscuit snacks while I wrestled with the right hand gear stick and a gutless hire car that dropped to 60kph whenever we climbed a slight incline on the 120klm highways. There were only a few scary moments when I had to change down gears in a hurry. Funny how the brain says 'clutch left; gear change left'. Not so! My language got more colourful as the days went by, but Lenny merrily went on snoozing and eating. I've got to admire his confidence. We visited Alhambra's Moorish Palaces in Granada, beautiful Seville and the world-heritage listed Cordoba Mosque. See photo tab for some more pics. Seville's world-largest Cathedral The world's largest Cathedral in Seville should also rate a mention, but for us it was all about the Islamic architecture. In Seville we stayed on our friends' yacht in the Guadalquivir River. We'd last seen Bill & Nancy in Turkey two years ago so it was one hell of a get together. We borrowed their bikes and cycled everywhere. The world could learn some lessons from Seville's bike paths - speed limits, pedestrian crossings and even overtaking lanes - there is simply no better way to get around. |
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