10-15 Valencia with Niece

 The rest of our time here in El Campello is filled with visitors.  We spent last weekend in Valencia with Granddaughter Jojo.  Then on Monday we picked up our niece from the train station in Alicante.  Renee Michelle now lives in Madrid and took the train to Alicante to spend some time with us.   Then next week we will entertain two more granddaughters here.  I will abbreviate Renee Michelle to RM to save time.

RM arrived in Alicante on Monday around 4:30pm.  We had driven up from El Campello because it is faster than taking the tram which goes through El Campello and all the way up to Benidorm.  We stopped in Sant Joan at the Carrefour to pick up food for the week and make sure we had some things she liked.  We walked to the seaside to have pizza at a restaurant we had been to in 2023 - it was pretty good.

Our plans changed for Tuesday, as it turned out to be a local El Campello holiday celebrating some church in town.  All the grocery stores were closed so we decided to go to Alicante and stop once again at the Carrefour on the way back.

We parked near the port and walked a ways along the sea front.  We thought we would take the elevator up to the castle.  

We could have crossed the road by walking over this cool walking bridge - but it was a distance away.  So we used the crossing lane and when we arrived we could see the line was very long for the elevator.  RM was not keen on the castle and we have been twice.  Also the skies were very overcast - not good for photos.   So we decided to walk to the Old Town.

We past these beer barrels.

An eclectic store window.  A monkey, Madonna and child, fertility goddess, skull etc.

A church we have seen before, but did not go in as there was a wedding in 2023.  This time we decided to forego the visit as we have seen so many baroque churches and there was a 6E fee each.

This is the first time I have pulled out the fisheye lens on this trip.  Time to have some fun!

We stopped at a cafe nearby for a refreshing beverage.

Both Michael and I got this soda.  Guarana is a rain forest fruit popular in Brazil.  It is very high in Caffeine.  Of course I did not know this when I got it.  I like to think it gave me a lot of energy.

Street with cafe's.

We had to take RM to the famous walkway of Alicante.  When I first walked on it I kept thinking I needed to step up and down - it feels very realistic when you are on it.

Art work close to the port and where we parked.  Four different faces - one on each side.

We didn't stay in Alicante long as the plan was to still cook today.  We stopped at Carrefour for a few more ingredients.  Tuesday night the menu was fancy mac and cheese and salad.