Les and I both left Montpellier on December 5th...Les on the 7:40am train to Alicante to meet up with Stefan, Hannah and the kids, and Mary on the 10:40am train to Valencia for a meeting of Hospitaleros. We left heavy, cool rains and arrived in sun. Cold, but sunny.
Valencia had a skating rink and the meeting was interesting, but I only understood about 10% of the Spanish although got the gist of much more.
Skaters on a slushy rink in Valencia.
A Spanish duo, introduced as Steve y Wonder. Steve told the jokes, and Wonder played the harmonica. The women were the glamour for the act. It was all part of a talent night as talented (or otherwise) Hospitaleros entertained each other. Lots of laughs.
Just a sample of the tapas for the evening meal on Sunday evening with 200 Hospitaleros. This was served at 10pm and the dancing started at midnight. I lasted until 12:45am when the loudness of the music sent me packing. From my room, I heard the DJ ending the dance at 5am! There were some sleepy people at breakfast the next morning.
And then I hitched a ride with another attendee, to Alicante. Stefan and fam had left, but Les met me outside the apt. building when I arrived at 8pm. We then went out for tapas and wine. The next day, we walked a few tram stops and took the tram into town. Lovely city and being able to get in and out so easily on the tram was great. Here are the views from the balcony.
Sunset
Enjoying a ligt snack with a glass of cava before going to eat.
Surfers in the morning and jobbers on the walkway.
And getting out of the water a few hours later.
We are now in Aguadulce, where it is very warm, waiting for Noëlle, Simon, Stefanie and Sebastian to arrive from Malaga. They should be here in an hour or so!!!! We'll have an early Christmas celebration in a couple of days.
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