Within two hours of arriving, I was dining at Los Churrascos in El Algar with my friends, Sandy and Dianne. A beautiful restaurant within a 10 minute bus ride from La Union. Although not cheap for this region at €30 a head, this price was for 3 courses, 2 bottles of wine and beers, and the food was top quality and divine. One of the best restaurants I have ever visited. We also saw the cyclists from the La Vuelta Cycling Race come past later in the day – a bit like the Spanish version of the Tour De France!! It was a fantastic afternoon - great company and lovely places visited.
I was also introduced to a Chinese café in Cartagena just opposite the bus stop where I
get off. Three courses, wine and coffee
for €8! I was then shown by Sandy and
Dianne where the Historical Military Museum and the Roman Amphitheatre were. Amazing. I must have a better look at them on
my next trip. The Military Museum is
free to look around too!
Rounded off the
trip to Cartagena by dropping into the bar of the Los Habaneros Hotel on the
way to catching the No.10 back to La Union.
A lovely hotel that is really good value to stay at.
The last day of
my most recent trip saw me helping to celebrate another friend's Birthday, Linda, at Sierra Minera in La Union. I have been here before. Their Menu del Dia for €10 is amazing. Every starter consisted of some sort of salad
or fish, on this occasion, and as I don’t like either, they gave me an enormous plate of ham and
melon – yum!!
Another
fantastic trip. Can’t wait to come back again in a few weeks’ time.
Tip of the week: When booking flights, book them really
early in the year. You will pay probably about 50%
to 75% of what they will bump up to if you leave the booking to nearer the day of when you want to travel.
To be continued……..
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