Thursday, October 19, 2006
Day, erm, I've lost count
Ok, well I've completely lost track of what day I'm on now. I've just checked, and it's Thursday today - that must mean I'm in Valladolid in Spain. Ahh, it's all coming back to me now!!
Right, Gibraltar. Well, we left Gib to find the next hotel, which was intriguing as there was nobody at the place when we arrived. Just a few miles out of Gibraltar, we thought this would be a cheap alternative, but it was looking increasingly like we'd be sleeping in the car!! Eventually, after some furious banging on the window, some Spanish bloke appeared from round the back. Speaking as many words of English as I do Spanish (so that's about 5 then!), I eventually got him to understand what we wanted, and he rang through to head office, then showed us to our apartment for the night - which I have to say was really nice and looked like it had never been used before!! The towels were also amazing - if only I'd have had room in my suitcase for one or two!!
That evening we had a quick trip into Gibraltar to go to the English supermarket in the port area - get some proper milk and a cooked chicken - a hearty meal that was going to be!!
Tuesday - We had a late check-out (due to the hotel not opening until 10am). Now it was off round the southern coast of Spain and into Portugal. This was the 12th and final country in our epic voyage. To be honest, Portugal wasn't anything to write home about. Very disappointing actually. It didn't help that it never stopped raining the whole time we were there! The food wasn't brilliant either, despite being very pricey! I think it might be my first and last trip to Lisbon!!
Wednesday - Off to Valladolid, and some serious arguments - mainly down to tiredness I guess. Everything was sorted, and once the hotel was sorted (and the ridiculous cost of internet was paid), we headed for the city centre, which was very beautiful actually - I can recommend Valladolid to anyone who wants to see the real Spain without getting tangled up with the beach-going holidayers. We even had a traditional Spanish meal - a Burger King double cheeseburger and fries, followed by the biggest cream cake you have ever seen!!
Thursday - Today!! And we are going back in to France today, up the west coast. It's the final couple of stops in the journey - we'll soon be home. I'll be glad really, it was too much in too short a time. Should I have known that before? Probably. Would I have still come? Certainly! It's something I had to do sometime in my life. I've done it now (well, nearly) - so that's something else I can tick off, along with ticking off a few countries on my list!!
Right, Gibraltar. Well, we left Gib to find the next hotel, which was intriguing as there was nobody at the place when we arrived. Just a few miles out of Gibraltar, we thought this would be a cheap alternative, but it was looking increasingly like we'd be sleeping in the car!! Eventually, after some furious banging on the window, some Spanish bloke appeared from round the back. Speaking as many words of English as I do Spanish (so that's about 5 then!), I eventually got him to understand what we wanted, and he rang through to head office, then showed us to our apartment for the night - which I have to say was really nice and looked like it had never been used before!! The towels were also amazing - if only I'd have had room in my suitcase for one or two!!
That evening we had a quick trip into Gibraltar to go to the English supermarket in the port area - get some proper milk and a cooked chicken - a hearty meal that was going to be!!
Tuesday - We had a late check-out (due to the hotel not opening until 10am). Now it was off round the southern coast of Spain and into Portugal. This was the 12th and final country in our epic voyage. To be honest, Portugal wasn't anything to write home about. Very disappointing actually. It didn't help that it never stopped raining the whole time we were there! The food wasn't brilliant either, despite being very pricey! I think it might be my first and last trip to Lisbon!!
Wednesday - Off to Valladolid, and some serious arguments - mainly down to tiredness I guess. Everything was sorted, and once the hotel was sorted (and the ridiculous cost of internet was paid), we headed for the city centre, which was very beautiful actually - I can recommend Valladolid to anyone who wants to see the real Spain without getting tangled up with the beach-going holidayers. We even had a traditional Spanish meal - a Burger King double cheeseburger and fries, followed by the biggest cream cake you have ever seen!!
Thursday - Today!! And we are going back in to France today, up the west coast. It's the final couple of stops in the journey - we'll soon be home. I'll be glad really, it was too much in too short a time. Should I have known that before? Probably. Would I have still come? Certainly! It's something I had to do sometime in my life. I've done it now (well, nearly) - so that's something else I can tick off, along with ticking off a few countries on my list!!
# posted by Nige @ 10/19/2006 05:54:00 am 
