Alicante

and also packing. Of course, if I could keep track of the days, my life might be easier (something about thinking today was the 3rd, but I don’t have much, if anything as far as photos from the third so I was confused but. ….)

Any who – I walked from the ship into town. It was a lovely day and the idea of riding in a bus packed with others was just beyond me (did I mention that there was a really, really long line for the free shuttle?)

First in from the port is the Volvo Ocean Race Museum.

Now, not being a complete fool – I figured this was some kind of sailing race. Yes, round the world as a matter of fact with the start, finish and operational control center right here in Alicante!

The films were absolutely amazing and there are a number of interesting shorts on YouTube.

The other interesting sight was Castillo de Santa Barbara overlooking the town. (Go here if you want the actual Castle site with some great photos. Reading Spanish might help)

You can walk up (if you can figure out how), take a tour (which provides you the bus), take a Hop-On-Hop-Off bus or pay 2.40E and ride up in the elevator.

Arriving early, there wasn’t a line for the elevator (since the elevator goes up and down the mountain with only 10 pax at a time you can see that the several hundred people in line when I headed back down might just constitute a challenge.

From on top of the Fortress you can see out to forever it seems as well as much of the architectural details. This was more of a fortress with the emphasis on function. No fancy rooms or salons here, just placements for the guns and the determination to control shipping.