9-30 Morning Sunrise Walk

 I woke up earlier than I expected and decided I might as well walk on the beach.  Going down 20 stories in our elevator is rather slow.  I missed the actual sunrise by a little.

Birds in flight.

Bird tracks!

View of the harbor.

And turning to go back.

Somewhere in the midst of the row of restaurant I found a bakery that was open.  I got a couple of pastries to bring back.  

As I left the bakery I was stopped by a women who noticed my camera.  She had brought her camera with her to El Campello, but had not taken it out.  She got here on Sept 1 and doesn't leave until the end of October - same as us.  She was from Norway, but had lived most of her life in England.  Her five children live all over Europe and Canada - so she travels to visit them.  She had a photo studio in London for a while and wanted to get back into photography.  I will get in touch with her and see where it goes.

9-29 El Campello Apartment

 We are in a different part of town from our first visit here in May of 2023.  Then we were on the 10th floor of an 11 story building overlooking the harbor.  We could watch the fishing boats go out to gather the harvest from their nets in the fish farming operation out at sea.  We were a short walk from the start of the board walk with its row of restaurants.  

Now we are at the other end of the row of restaurants.  We are further back from the sea - but in a apartment complex of 20 stories - and we are on the 20th floor facing the sea.  It is wonderful.  Noise carries so we can hear the roar of the waves - and also on the down side - the roar of the traffic!  We can see at least one short section of the boardwalk at an intersection.  And we can see the beach and a lot that goes on their - but a bird's eye view as we are 20 stories up.   First up - views from all the windows around our apartment.

                                       

                                                         Our complex swimming pool.

                                      

                            

                                       

                                       

                                      Mountain views from the kitchen and laundry windows.

                                       

                                       

                                       

                                       This is the next town going towards Alicante - Sant Joan.

                                       

Views inside the apartment.  This is the living area.  We have already rearranged the furniture.  Hopefully we will remember how to put it back!

A second living area with a large dining table.  We are using it as a work station.

They had a surge extender - but the plug outlets are too close together - hence the pyramid.

The kitchen is on the opposite end of the house.  All the bedrooms and bathrooms are between the kitchen and the dining area.

Laundry off the kitchen.  Hot water heater above it.  It is rather small - two long showers back-to-back does not work!

Kitchen is small but workable.  Has all the appliances you could need!.

The half bath.

Guest bedroom.

Michael's bedroom.

My bedroom. - just enough room for a good size bed and a chair.  There are wardrobes in each of these two bedrooms.

Hall table

The master bath and only shower.  Works fine - and does not leak!  So many showers in rentals do.  The bidet gets more space than the toilet!

You have to close the door to use the toilet.  It is across from the sink.

The space is well used.  These shelves are great.

The top of my wardrobe - here used to dry laundry.

                               Our first meal out in El Campello was at Bernies Fish and Chips.

Chicken wings for starters.

                                       

Large fish and chips with peas - we shared.  I could have had mushy peas - but not my favorite!

One view of the beach.  This is a Sunday so there is more activity in the water.

And a couple more views from the apartment to finish.