Mar Menor

So where did last month go??? Well we spent the time in Cambrils and explored all of the surrounding areas from Del Etbe, where they grow the Arroz rice, to Tosse Del Mar, up near Girona, with a day trip to Barcelona  - as you do.

Also, we were a few minutes from Tarragona where the world’s largest yacht - Azzam - was moored. It was amazing and looked immaculate, but if you can afford USD600 million to mess about on the water,  then I guess you can afford the army of cleaners!

Our base in Cambrils was great for a month, but it didn’t quite manage to tick all of the boxes. Ultimately, we didn’t find a place or area we liked enough to settle and if we were to extend our stay then it would have required signing up to a 12 month contract and when taking in the opportunity or lack of work, we decided that we needed to look further afield. Further south where the climate is warmer.

So we departed Cambrils and stopped for an overnight stay in Valencia, which was a lovely treat as we stayed in the Westin and it was also the start of their local festival. What seemed a bit odd to us was that it started at 6pm so was still light, why go to the effort of a firework display when it is still light? The reason is that they are focused only on the noise and smoke. And boy! the noise was immense and so loud that it hurt your ears and you could feel the vibrations in your trousers…..well that was what Patrick said!!......

Valencia is a lovely city and the architecture is beautiful and it was very nice to see it with more life and colour since our last visit a month ago.

However, we were bound for the Mar Menor Golf resort which is our home for the next month. To be frank, I was expecting it to be very quiet and a bit of a ghost town - lots of apartments and villas all shut up with the odd few golfers pottering around in their gawdy coloured clothing, but in fact, only the gawdy trousers bit was correct. Maybe its to divert attention from the long walk after a little ball? As you can tell, golf was not our priority but it seemed that the decent accommodation is on a golf resort, hence we are here and it will be our base to explore Murcia and La Manga. However, we are reaching the point where we will need to decide what we do if we don’t find something suitable. Hopefully, we can stave off that decision for the next few weeks - particularly as the weather is 24c and bright sunshine - so that ticks one box!

Will keep you posted in the next week or two.

Adios Amigos