Trip to Cartagena

Friday July 10


Jayne and I went to Cartagena. We left about 9am. When we got to the bus stop we saw that we still had some time, so we went to La Costa cafe to have coffee. This is the stop and the cafe we often went to when we visited Jayne’s father in Santa Maria del Rossell Hospital.

The bus ride was 5.20 euros for both of us. It was a direct bus and it took us about 35 minutes. Taking the one that goes through the towns would take about another 30 minutes.

We saw the tour bus of the city (which picks up people across the street from the police station). The ride cost 8 euros for two people. The driver gave us earphone so we can listen to the recording. They have it in different languages. The bus was a red-double decker bus with the top being without a roof. Jayne and I sad on the top deck and we were the only ones on it for the first part of the trip.

I took some pictures, of course. The city is not pretty, as the building are not nicely done. There are the scattered nice building and the sidewalks are very nice as they are all done in tile (as is the area in which we live).

The ride took only 45 minutes

Then we walked to some of the places that we saw on the bus. We stopped in one cafe to have a bite to eat. Across the street from the cafe is a beautiful church that was built in 1890. I took some pictures inside.
Then we walked down a narrow street that had shops on both sides. While walking, Jayne did a lot of looking in the shops. But it was only one shop that she bought something.

We went to the supermarket, which is right next to the hospital that Bill was in. We had lunch there, too. Jayne paid for the nice lunch we had. Then we took a walk to the internet cafe there. I’m glad they are still in business and their interest was fast. We spent about two hours there.

Then we walked back to the bus station and bought a ticket there. He had some time to wait, so we got something to drink in the cafe there. I saw that they divided it up from the last time I was there. One half of it is a game room that includes internet. I saw that their computers were coin operated, which I find them expensive. At the internet cafe we were just in the cost is not cheap but it’s cheaper than the hotel we were in the other day. I paid for both of us with a total of 4 hours that came out to 10 euros. So that is 2.50 euros per hour.

We got home about 6.45pm.