Cabo de Gata

Cabo de Gata

The main Spanish holiday at this time of year is from Christmas day to Three Kings day on 6th January. We have found that the atmosphere in the area around the car park has changed since the weekend. The traffic is noisier, there are more emergency sirens at all hours and the firecrackers and bangers are getting more and more frequent.  All in all our little car park retreat is not quite as idyllic as it was when we arrived!

Alcazaba

Alcazaba

It is now 27th December and we have been in Almeria for five nights and this is our sixth day here. I know this is just a huge public car park but it has been really nice to do very little and certainly good not having to worry about where we are going next and whether the aire will be OK and if we can get water or if we will need electricity. There is none of that here but

Almeria

Almeria

We stayed at Tortuga Mora for three nights. On Friday night we were planning the next few days and where we might go when Chris rang. We had met and got to know Chris and Anita at the Dunes aire in Daimus. They left before us but we have kept in touch by text every few days hoping we might neet up again. Anyway they wanted to share their excitement with the big free car park on the edge on