Day 23: Stop

Date: Sunday 20th April
Staying: Devesa Gardens – Valencia, Spain
Distance Travelled: 0 Miles
Song of the day: Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen (a personal favourite)

Cam: Alright, I’m up and dressed (I even managed that myself, I’m a big boy now), where are we going today?
Laurie: Nowhere
Cam: What, nooo. You can’t stop me now, I am in full tourist flight, AWW YEAH!!!!
Laurie: Today, we are gonna have a nice relaxing day, the first since Chateau La Gorce
Cam: Are you sure this isn’t just because you are behind on reading all those books you bought with us
Laurie: That ‘MAY’ have something to do with it ;-)

As a lot of you will know, travelling is exhausting. This kind of travelling is especially so. Everyday you are either visiting something new; dealing with new environments; talking to lots of people who have no idea what you are saying (that is very tiring) and you, in turn are clueless to them; or travelling to somewhere completely new, on roads you have never been on, driving on a side of the road which is alien to you (I think that sums up the whole trip so far...manic).

So we decided that today was going to be a day of leisure, a proper vacation day, rather than a travel day. As we were so close to the beach, it seemed like a good idea. So of course it poured with rain. All morning was wet, and then, when that cleared, the wind decided to blow all afternoon. So we didn’t get to enjoy the beach, but stayed in the van all day (I didn’t go futher than the toilet block all day – about 15m away), or sitting in the sun, sheltered by the van from the wind. All-in-all, it was an excellently relaxing day, although I have a bit of sun burn to show for it. Oh well, it will go brown......LOVE IT