Time to have a rest - sit down but carry on talking !!

View down a side street - I've forgotten what this official looking building is ... perhaps you can zoom in and read the sign ??

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Guardamar - Town Hall

A side view of the town hall in Guardamar

And below the usual front view ..

Recently painted by the look of it ..

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Guardamar - Pine forest ...

Guardamar's pine forest - looking hot a dusty in the summer sun.

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Streets of Guardamar - Calle / Carrer Basilio Paredes

Streets of Guardamar

Carrer Basilio Paredes

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The local campsite ..

This is Guardamar's local campsite - seen here from the banks of the river Segura.

On hot summer nights we can hear all the " action " and the noise of the Tannoy - though not too loud I must say.

The entrance to the site is nearer La Marina than Guardamar centre.

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Facts !!! -River Ebro

Some facts about one of the most important rivers in Spain - the River Ebro - ( Ebre in Catalan ) it flows for 982 km in length.

The Romans named the river Iber but it probably derives from the Greek Hevros.

It's source is in Fontibre - Cantabria and it flows through Zaragoza before meeting the sea as a large delta in the province of Tarragona.

The delta is one of the largest wetland area in the western Mediterranean region - a total of 320 square km and is an important area for over 300 species of birds as well as a region of intensive farming.

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Spanish TV - RTVE

Do you like watching television ??

If you're away from Spain and want to catch up with your favourite programmes from RTVE then log on to http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/index.html

The big bonus is - no adverts !!!

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Spanish Proverb

La mejor medicina es la buena comida -

The best medicine is good food

( or - an apple a day keeps the doctor away )

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Guardamar - Graffiti

This is the last of the current pictures of graffiti - no doubt there will be new examples to photograph soon ..

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Streets of Guardamar - Calle / Carrer Alfonso Marin

Streets of Guardamar

Carrer Alfonso Marin

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Did you know .... ????

Did you know ??

Miguel de Cervantes was born 29th September 1547 at Alcalá de Henares - the fourth of seven children of Rodrigo de Cervantes a surgeon and Leonor de Cortinas.

Alcalá de Henares is twenty kilometres north east of Madrid and his place of birth was Calle de la Imagen 2 in the old centre .

The house is now fully renovated and is open to the public as the Museo Casa Natal de Miguel de Cervantes .

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Real Madrid - Humiliation !!

Last Tuesday saw Real Madrid lose 4-0 to Alcorcon in the Copa de Rey.

This was highly embarrassing as Alcorcon play in the Segunda B ( third division ! )

Heads will no doubt role ...

Perhaps they are still missing Cristano Ronaldo who is still out of the game after an injury during the Championship game against Marseille at the end of September .

Ironic !!! While at Manchester United Cristano had very few injuries and was considered very fit ..

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Calatayud

It's a steep walk up to here but the view is great ...

The statue has the best view !!! Anyone know who the statue represents ?? No prizes for knowing the answer ..

Calatayud

Across the roof tops of Calatayud the scene is dominated by the tower of the church of Santa Maria.

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Calatayud

Calatayud is in the province of Zaragoza Aragon - with a population of 22,000 it lies on the River Jalón and has AVE rail links to Madrid and Barcelona.

We visited in September this year and due to digital camera problems we had to take photographs with a "throw away " cheapy camera ...

Here are the back streets of this pleasant like town ... on a hot sunny day.

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