Thursday 25th August- Saragoza is a nice city

After an early breakfast in the Hotel we walked out and across the river to the old part of town which was mostly closed as it was still rather early for the shops to open. The large open squares are dominated by the Basilica which is massive in size and very impressive inside although we wer not allowed to take photos which is a shame. There was a service taking place at one end of the building whilst the confession boxes were also busy with people waiting for their turn. We walked up and down the old streets looking in the shop windows and taking a few photos here and there. And then back past the Basilica where Jennifer noticed all the statues on the outside were little boys, Humm!!

We did a little shopping in the supermarket for lunch time and then checked out of the Hotel and down in to the very hot and crowded garage, boy they make them small in this country and extremely tight for our Land Cruiser.

Leaving Saragoza we followed the signs to the Motorway and soon heading at 75 mph in the direction of Valencia travelling through pretty boring hilly and rocky countryside and just outside of Valencia we pulled off at a petrol station and restaurant area to have our lunch and was appalled at the amount of rubbish lying around the place. Then on to Valencia which we by passed and followed the road to Alicante where we arrived around 5.30 pm and it had been 38 degress centigrade en route but in the air conditioned car you did not realise is.

The AC Hotel was very modern and the rooms nice and we waited for our friends John and Lyn to arrive from the airport and then later in the evening we had dinner in the Hotel as we were all a little tired and with no wish to traipse the streets looking for a restaurant. And so to bed.