Much to Christine's delight its our last day of driving the hire car and once we drop it off we are picked up by our host who gives us a quick tour of his apartment before leaving us to it. We stroll into the town through the city walls and looked for our host's favourite part of the city, Platza Hercules. This is a very busy part of the city full of bars, restaurants and kids playing in fountains. after a few 0.40€ beers (it would have been rude not to) we go back to the flat ready for an early start.
The next day is a confusing one for James, he walked into the kitchen to see another couple standing there, who are they?! Our host hadn't told us that he was renting out his other room as well! A nice stroll into the city took us past some lovely churches and led us to the impressive cathedral, its a beautiful city that reminds us of Valencia. Its time for a boat trip and we buy our tickets from a guy who looks like the man from Del Monte. Its not a very informative tour as most of the sights are away from the river but its still a lovely sunny day and a relaxing trip.
Mexican food for dinner and Christine decides to be adventurous and orders Chicken Enchiladas with 'Mole sauce'. Ooh what's Mole sauce? You ask. Chocolate sauce, that's what. Chicken Enchiladas with chocolate sauce. Bluergh!
The next day we are aiming for Plaza de Espanja which is supposed to be a really pretty square. On our way we pass a park with a festival on, yippee! Its not quite started yet so we continue to our original destination and the internet didn't lie, it was a beautiful square with a huge palace with a sort of half moat/baby river in front of it. We hire a row boat to go around the little river and although we crashed a few times we had lots of fun and even more fun watching other people crash! A few evening beers at the festival, which is now a bit more lively. Christine doesn't think much of her 'Monaco' beer cocktail but she is soon cheered up by a go on a lucky dip stall! Time to head back to the flat and we are ready to call it a night and see what Madrid brings tomorrow!
Time for a romantic cruise |
I think Christine enjoyed rowing. |
wall? What wall? |
hiyerrr! |
Plaza Espanya |
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