4th October. Today we left our luxurious apartment in La Cala to drive to Valencia to then catch our plane to Paris. Our teeny tiny apartment in Paris. We have been spoiled for space and amenities in La Cala. Valencia was a great place to visit. It was very busy, there seemed to be some kind of huge sporting event on that created traffic chaos. Once we found our way to the old part of town, we just followed the gun shots, there was another something going on. ...

3rd October Another glorious day today. We had to pack up today as tomorrow we leave to back to Paris before coming home.Gary, Alex and I wandered around the huge street market they have here 3 times a week , but didn't buy much. Alex bought a fan.We did some final shopping and then went to the beach for the afternoon. I hired a sun lounge and beach umbrella and read my book. A very relaxing afternoon. Just one thing, there needs to be law passed stating that ...

2nd October Woke to another beautiful sunny warm morning, so we decided to go to Aqualandia. Aqualandia is a water slide park.We checked on the internet to see when it was open as a lot of these attraction close after the summer season. According to the internet it was open until 4th October. Great so off we went. It shouldn't have surprised us to find that when we arrived at the gate it was locked and had a sign saying it would reopen in May 2010. Why wouldn'...

1st October. Wow, time seems to be flying. Nearly time to come back home. Only a week left. All the things we have seen and learned and watched and eaten. We sure have fitted a lot into this short time. Today we woke to brilliant sunshine and warm temperatures. We had visited a lovely beach yesterday at Calpe that we decided to return to. Big long stretch of soft sand and nice gentle waves to splash in. I did the very European thing and hired a sun lounge and ...

28th September. Yesterday we went to the theme park Terra Mitica. It is made up of 5 worlds. Ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome, Iberia (Spain) and The Islands. It all looked so cool. Then it started to rain. The kids went on few rides before the rain, some more during the rain and then went back later that night when the rain had stopped for a few more. I sat in the café out of the rain guarding my table from the marauding Spanish. My god they are loud , not to men...