Saturday 28th January
Our last day and the sun shone for us :-) Last night the owner of La Cabaña, Jorge, sat down with us and said that
it has been the worst January for many, many years and that he is sure it will
be better next year! I do hope he is
right.
We went down to the Parque Commercial as I wanted to get a few bits and
pieces then returned to the apartment.
We were going to have tapas but I remembered that there was stuff in the
fridge that needed eating. I did a bit
more packing then we took Muffin onto the beach for the last time. It was a glorious day but that seemed a to
make me feel worse about going home tomorrow.
We walked almost up to Thomas's roundabout and then went up onto the
promenade as I wanted to see if we could see next year's apartment - just
about! (It’s the apartment between the two palm trees!) It took us ages to walk
back as we kept getting into conversation with other British dog owners!
Back at the apartment I finished the packing and sorting. We brought far too much stuff and clothes but
now I know what do need and don't need.
I have about 6 lists on the laptop which I must follow next year!
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| The last of the sun on the beach |
Richard cooked the dinner, well heated up a chicken dish which I had
cooked a few days ago, and frozen along with microwave rice (what a brilliant
invention!)
We finished watching Downton Abbey - we just have the last Christmas
special to watch now but that will have to be at home as I didn’t have it
downloaded.
Sunday 29th January
The alarm went at 7am -yuk :-( However we had the most amazing sunrise
– we aren’t normally awake in time to see them!
Last minute packing and before we knew where we were it was 9am and
Sue, Andy and Roly arrived to help us get all the stuff downstairs. We had put very everything out on the landing
as we were the only people living on our floor and the crew were rather amazed
at how much stuff we had! We got a good
rhythm going with me loading up the elevator and taking it down, unloading it
then Andy and Roly would take it to the car where Richard was loading. It didn't take long and it was soon time a
fond farewell and chants of "see you on the canals this summer and if not
in Mojacar next year".
Richard and I went for breakfast at Cafe Moca before starting our
journey - we had about 1200 miles in front of us.
As we had come down to west side of France and we decided to go back up
the east side of Spain and through the middle of France. It was a lovely drive watching the landscape
changing from barren mountains and dry valleys to lovely trees and pretty
spectacular mountains. We stopped to eat
the sandwiches we had bought at Cafe Moca and then drove on.
There are two motorways. One is
a toll and one isn't. There doesn't seem
to be much difference in the mileage but it cost us €28 to use the toll one -
we will use the other one next time!
We arrived at our hotel just before 4pm - we had been on the road for
6.5 hours and had covered 408 miles. The hotel seemed nice enough and the chap
behind the reception desk spoke excellent English and was extremely
helpful. Our room was big and had a sea
view (which I had asked for when I booked).
We took ourselves off into Tarragona which was declared a "World
Heritage City" by UNESCO on the 30th November of 2000. In the year 45 BC the Romans built the walls
and a port and called it "Colonia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraconensis". It was getting late but we found the old town
square and a cafe with outside seating where we could eat with Muffin. Next year we will have 2 days in Tarragona so
we have time to explore.
Back at the hotel we watched a film before falling asleep. This time I have an HDMI cable with us which
I can use to connect the TV to my iPad where the downloaded films are.
408 miles today.
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