10-6 El Campello

 I took another morning walk to day - this time in the rain.  It was still dark when I got up - so I checked the Apple weather app.  No rain for hours was the prediction!  However after I took the long slow elevator ride from the 20th floor to 0 and stepped outside - it was a different story.

I turned around and retraced my steps to our apartment to get my umbrella.  A few minutes later Michael returned from his hours walk quite wet!  I checked the accuweather app.  It will stop raining in 11 minutes.  So I waited with the umbrella safely tucked into my backpack.

I headed out again, it kept up a gentle rain off and on the whole time I was out.  I took the main street just outside of our complex.  If you go right - the Lidl grocery store is just across the street.  If you go left a couple of blocks you come to the Mercadona grocery store.  There are many other stores and restaurants on this street.  I was heading in the general direction of the marina but on a parallel street.

This photo was taken from the walkway with stops for views high above the marina.  I am heading towards the La Cova restaurant.  Good food, reasonable prices.  Note the tower on the middle left side of photo.

Photo taken from the La Cova parking lot.

Hotel along the way.

My walk yesterday was in the opposite direction.  I walked by the tall building in the center right of the photo and headed for the next town.  You can see the buildings going around the curve in the middle of the photo.  I did not go all the way around that curve.  On a clear day we can see all the way to Alicante which is about 8 miles away.

Now I am very close and walk by the tower.

I walk past the archeological dig.  I have not noticed anything new happening here since we started coming to El Campello 4 years ago.

I walk down the hill and past the marina.

My walk takes me past the beach with all its restaurants and shops.  It took me about 1 hour 20 minutes and then I am back in the apartment ready for breakfast.

As you can see from the photo above - the beach is empty.  As the day goes on it remains cool and rains off and on.  Only a few determined souls venture onto the beach and try to get some sun.  

10-5 El Campello - Another morning walk towards St. Joan.

 This morning I took my walk along the sea in the opposite direction.  I headed toward St Joan where the big Carrefour is.  

A view back to where we walked the other day.

Now I am heading around the bend toward St Joan.

Someone meditating on the beach.

The sun light is beautiful this morning.

Now - heading back home.

On hour or so later from when I started,  I am on our elevator heading up to our apartment on floor 20.  That is the highest level of the building.  What happens when we hit floor 32?

We had a big breakfast.  Left over potatoes are fried up.  Eggs fried, bacon cooked and toast made.  We did not eat again until almost 6pm!  We took a shorter walk along the sea promenade in the evening and called it a day.

10-3 El Campello

 Our first couple of days in El Campello were spent recovering from our time in Turkey and Madrid and our drive from Madrid to El Campello.

Beautiful sunset light on our view to the Mediterranean.  The curtains are actually a very light beige.

My early morning walk along the promenade along the sea.

A look back at where I had come from.

The sun was rising after we reached the marinia.

We started our walk back to our apartment.  

Silhouettes sitting on the sea wall.

9-30 Last Day in Madrid

 Our last day in Madrid will be spent sleeping late, packing for our next journey and one last foray out to take photos in our neighborhood.  

The local Mercado.  We tried to go to a restaurant here once - but the Mercado itself was closed.

School is out for the day and people seem to be gathering in squares letting their kids let off steam.

Maybe playing hide and seak?

At this point in our walk - Michael turned and pointed to that bridge in a distance - That is where we need to be to get back to our apartment!  So another long walk today.

Michael stalking the bush.

Mexican restaurant.

We came upon this plaza with these three statues - it is across the square from the structure in the next two photos.

This is a fountain with water flowing down.  My photos did not capture the moving water at all.

Santa Iglesia Catedral Metropolitana de Santa María la Real de la Almudena.

Then we were home and ready to do our final packing.  We will be picked up at 9:30 am to go to the airport to pick up our rental car.  From there we will drive to El Campello where we will be staying for the month of October.