In mooch mode.

                                         Calpè where you had to book to climb the rock and produce passport. I’m anchored outside the sea wall in that boat cluster.

                                       Local fauna.

Valencia!

Whilst waiting for my holiday to Uk to drive a friends car down to Murcia I’m shooting the breeze! How is this different from the norm you ask? It’s not. Do I need a holiday you ask ? I don't, but a free flight and luxury ferry cruise from Pompey to Bilbao with 4 dogs and a cat in a little convertible through Spain with an overnight stop, makes a change!😀

Anyhow was heading up to Tarragona with diversion to Mallorca staying on anchor for the month to save marina charges but forecast thunderstorms led me to this very cheap large and pleasant marina to take refuge in and I’ve been here for four days! Waiting for the storms which have been bad elsewhere but not here!

Felt a bit lazy not to investigate the locality, so took a bus on the first day which was tiresome and got off at a shopping centre which had a Carrefore , then next day hired an e-bike to go into València. 

Nice ultra modern city in parts with great old buildings scattered about and affable ambiance. Didn’t have a paella though there were hundreds about. 

Pretty large even for two and I thought a prawn or mussel stuck on top of a load of rice was a bit of a tourist activity. 

 Remember I’m a resident now not a trog. Or at least technically am though I still haven’t had my fingerprints taken and therefore don’t have an ID card yet but hopefully that is in hand!

So this episode is just a few city scapes!

                                 Central market.

Town hall

Lonja ( trading palace)

                                           Cathedral, missed out climbing to the top because they only took cash!