Our few days in Denia were rather relaxing. We strolled through the town, had a massage, visited the castle, drank coffee/chocolate in open air cafes (when it was warm enough), Googled the names of the yachts seen from the window, ( one had been built for a middle eastern prince!) and people watched!
We were on the 9th floor and after dinner one night we came back into the apartment block and pressed button for lift, waited for ages, saw the lift was on level 8, thought someone was getting in and waited. Finally climbed stairs to first floor, called lift again, still not arriving. Slowly climbed each floor, pressing for lift as well as trying to find the light switch. I made a mistake on one floor and pressed someone's door bell instead of light - luckily no one was home but we did hot foot it up to the next level! When we reached level 8 we found out why the lift wasn't working - the door wasn't shut properly!
We did enjoy seeing the ferry come in/go out each day and the day we decided to watch it come through the harbour entrance was the day the Med turned into a raging sea - wild enough that even the fishing boats didn't leave the harbour! We walked along the harbour wall trying to time our run through the waves coming over the top, didn't get wet luckily!
Was impressed to see a small boat head towards the ferry and then to see the pilot climb aboard to bring it into the harbour.
Beautiful sunrise!
View from apartment in afternoon.
We were on the 9th floor and after dinner one night we came back into the apartment block and pressed button for lift, waited for ages, saw the lift was on level 8, thought someone was getting in and waited. Finally climbed stairs to first floor, called lift again, still not arriving. Slowly climbed each floor, pressing for lift as well as trying to find the light switch. I made a mistake on one floor and pressed someone's door bell instead of light - luckily no one was home but we did hot foot it up to the next level! When we reached level 8 we found out why the lift wasn't working - the door wasn't shut properly!
We did enjoy seeing the ferry come in/go out each day and the day we decided to watch it come through the harbour entrance was the day the Med turned into a raging sea - wild enough that even the fishing boats didn't leave the harbour! We walked along the harbour wall trying to time our run through the waves coming over the top, didn't get wet luckily!
Was impressed to see a small boat head towards the ferry and then to see the pilot climb aboard to bring it into the harbour.
Beautiful sunrise!
We left Denia and were heading towards Barcelona with an overnight stop in Tarragona. Managed to get out of Denia with only one mistake - thank goodness for roundabouts! It took about 4 hours to reach Tarragona - Spanish drivers are mad! They tailgate and pull in/out at the last minute! Speed limits don't appear to concern them!
Found the hotel and then had a wander. The amphitheatre here dates back to the first century - amazing!
Decided to eat in the hotel but they would only serve dinner from 8:30pm - too late for us! Had to eat in hotel coffee shop but could only get pizza. The place was full of older ladies, many playing cards, who looked as if they'd been to the hairdresser that day - perhaps it was their weekly night out!
It took about 90mins to get to Barcelona airport where I dropped of the car. The guy didn't seem too concerned about the car/wall tangle - hope I don't get a letter asking for money when I get home! Caught airport bus and metro to eventually find our accommodation here. We are straight across from Sagrada Familia.
View from apartment in afternoon.
Today we took hop on/off bus. It must have been the coldest day of the year - 3C!
Survived the 2 hour round trip - so many changes since I was last here - but our legs failed to work properly - frozen? Tomorrow we have a tour of the Sagrada Familia - looking forward to that.
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