Yesterday, we scouted the next day’s trip to the Alicante railroad station answer questions and wandered down to the beach to say goodbye. Who doesn’t need to have their photo taken with a cow at the rail station? There are a few wide dirt paths near the water in Alicante, but the majority seem to…
It was a herculean effort, but we climbed almost all the way (well, much of the way) up to the highest ancient castle in Alicante today. Originally, the castle appears to have been built as a Moorish dwelling in the 9th century, but was captured in the 13th century by the Spanish king and reconstructed…
We arrived safely on Tuesday afternoon and settled into our first whole apartment to ourselves. Our host, Bea (pronounced bay-ah) is a lovely woman who has helped us with a couple small issues (like difficulty getting the outer door open with the key, not earthshaking). It took us a day on Wednesday to feel our…
Flying to Spain! We are taking a 1 hour train to London Gatwick Airport; hopefully we can get on the 8:18am train, but another leaves at 8:53am. If you want to track our plane, we are on EasyJet flight EZY8663 that leaves Gatwick at 12:20 pm and arrives in Alicante, Spain at 15:55 pm. (I…
Today, we made our arrangements for going to Spain! (And, we agreed never to wait until the last minute again.) We will be leaving for Alicante, Spain on Tuesday, 9/26/2017, on the 12:20pm (London time) flight from London Gatwick Airport. The Airport is a 1 hour train ride away from Eastbourne. So, we will be…
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