Today was another spontaneous but eventful day. It’s Sunday today and everything is closed here in Guardamar. They take their Siestas very seriously. So, Melissa decided that she wanted to go to Cartagena, which is a town about two hours south of Guardamar. Once Melissa started talking about it, six others wanted to tag along –including me. Our group included Melissa, Lu, Angela, Sherry, Yoshi, Edgar, and I. We weren’t sure how often the buses were coming at the bus station and we wanted to start the day early so we left the Pension at 8am. Unfortunately, we arrived at the bus station not knowing it was closed and ended up walking around in circles trying to figure out how to buy tickets and eventually eating some breakfast. We killed some time this way and were able to get on the 9:30am bus. We made it in time and paid our toll as well went on the bus.
It was an hour and forty-five minute ride to Cartagena so we passed out as soon as we sat down on the bus. It was a nice compensation for waking up at 7:30am.
Once we arrived there, we found a map and ended up checking out an ancient Roman Theatre, a beautiful port dock, and yes… another castle. Everything was so gorgeous, oh my goodness. Unfortunately, we had to pay 4 euros to enter the Theatre but it was worth the amazing presence of such incredible ruins… it was so surreal.
It was so hot and my shoulders continued to bake under the sun. But, I’m thankful that I’m able to get as much sun as I do now. It’s really been a while. Anyway, afterwards, we had some snacks and lunch on the dock nearby where we sat at the edge of the water. It’s so crazy to believe that just passed the ocean where I was looking was Africa. AFRICA! Incredible. Melissa and I had some of the bread and nutella that we packed beforehand from our room while Yoshi and Sherry had Burger King haha. Same American taste.
Our last stop was yet another castle, Castle Castillo. It took forever to find but again, it was worth it. We circled around and around and asked so many people if they knew were it was but nothing seemed to help us. But once we did find it and got to the top, we were so happy and soaked in the view for quite some time. I love how we were able to sit on top of the wall that surrounded the top of the castle. It was absolutely lovely. You could see everything from the ocean to the Roman Theatre, to the city nearby… ah! Breath-taking. We took some great pictures up there.
Love me them stunnah shades!
Our day ended soon after as we waiting in a shaded park for our bus to take us back to Guardamar at 6pm. It felt great to be in the shade for a bit. The ride back wasn’t too bad. Although we were absolutely starving, we seemed to manage.
This evening we licked every plate clean in the Pension for dinner. No shame. I’m sure it made Vicente very happy.
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