Devall Travels

Our first proper cruise.  We had done an overnight in-port stay as a taster, then a two night cruise from Edinburgh to Dover.     So we have taken the plunge and will take to the high seas on a Saga cruise to the Fjords in Norway. The itinerary is: 12 Jun Dover, England Embark Saga Sapphire. Depart 1600. 14 Jun Stavanger, Norway Arrive 0800. Depart 1800. 15 Jun Jondal, Norway Arrive 0700. Depart 1400. Land by launch or tender. 16 Jun Olden, Norway Arrive 0800. Depart 1700. 17 Jun Bergen, Norway Arrive 0800. Depart 1700. 19 Jun Dover, England Arrive 0800. Disembark Saga Sapphire after breakfast Still over six months to go......

At Casa Aranda in Malaga. Churros and me

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The last view as we sat waiting for the train to the airport. Although the ticket said T2 it was actually T3. Queues long as expected as it seems Monarch have one set of check in desks that take all flights.... Turned out okay in the end, although it was very cramped on the plane. Monarch cram nine seats across the body of the plane making for narrow aisles and even narrower seats with little or no leg room.

 Sangria  Got the train to Fuengirola again. Very hot. Had a walk about half of the 7kms seafront and opted for the shade of Jabega for lunch. Sausage egg and chips! Next stop? Shade for a kindle session. Jabega was so good we stayed a whole two hours sitting in the sun. A cortado and a discussion about how we order coffee in England later and we were off back to the station. Another kindle session followed! It's nice to be able to sit and read. In normal life there are many other things to do.  Dinner was in the restaurant under the apartment by the pool. A bit slow but the food was good. The sangria even better. Should sleep well tonight. What better way to end the night than England thrashing San Marino in the football?  

The one night I didn't apply copious amounts of this stuff and I was rewarded with a 3am mosquito hunt. It seems to work but I got complacent and paid the price. The little bastard that bit my foot and both ankles left me feeling I had stepped in boiling water. It's been dead and flushed for 20 hours. Time to roll-on. If anyone out there that reads this post knows anything about Johnson's "Off!" please let me know. This stuff is good, but "Off!" is simply the king of the jungle.

Another late morning. Hey! We are on holiday!!! The reason was the mozzie hunt that we were both on about 3am. I awoke with a pain in my foot that felt like I had been scalded with hot water. The pain climbed up my legs almost to my knees. On inspection we could see the red bite marks. Witch hazel to the wounds and it got better. Then we went on the hunt and located the bastard. Missed it the first time but then it was caught. Whop! It's amazing how much blood they can hold. Down the bog now. C1 train to Fuengirola So after breakfast we had another Kindle session and then went to the station and today we went to Fuengirola. We know the town quite well as we have been many times but even so we found a fountain we had never seen before. The station at Fuengirola is more to the western end of the town. Easy to find and not far from the beach. We had lunch, calamares for Claire and calamaritos for me. Statue by harbour A walk along the seafront w...