Spanish Adventure Part 7

 

Spanish Adventure

Part Seven.

Homeward bound heading for Zaragoza over two hundred miles (210m) and no RAC cover from now on. No pressure. A delightful trip making steady progress to this ancient town. Once again I had difficulty finding the entrance to the hotel. Staying at the Ibis Centrum was great and so close to the main plaza just across the bridge but another excursion down a one way street got me there. Relief of the first day of travel and no oil used.  The evening meal was at a tapas bar just down from the hotel where the use of the Google translator got us a very nice meal. We have a whole day to relax with. Wandering around the town being tourists was great. Finding the market was a bonus and a brief visit to the Roman ruins just added to the atmosphere. I enjoyed it.

Our last hotel on the trip was in Burgos. I knew that it would be a little awkward to find but with some instructions of how to get in to the pedestrian area it was easier than I thought. Another day and another two hundred mile plus (205m) travelled the faith in the car was being restored with an easy drive. We were staying in the Notre Y Londres. A quaint hotel with period quirkiness just added to visiting Burgos. 

After unloading the car we had to park it in the nearest underground car park about ten minutes walk away. Being a regional City it had the old fort that was quite a hike from the hotel and a Cathedral with the notoriety of being the resting place of El Cid and his wife and enough shops to satiate my shopaholic. Having a day off from travelling but doing greater distances seemed to be working for us. Burgos is a centre for gastronomy. There were so many restaurants to choose from every meal was a difficult decision.

Our last day in Spain and the run to Santander and the ferry (118m). We followed the sign posts and not Tom stopping at a services on the edge of Santander to fill up with food and fuel. At the check-in it was simple and easy. Just a stamp in the passport and pick up the tickets. We arrived a little early and had comments from fellow passengers about the car. Time passed quickly and we were soon loaded and in the cabin. This time one with a porthole so we could watch the sea and the setting sun. Gita had already taken her sea sickness pills and was set for the journey.

 

I find travel on a ferry a bit boring not being interested in what they have on sale and the on-board entertainment was better when sat in the company of a beer. I did try walking the decks and managed to circumnavigate the ship but was unable to do it a second time to show Gita as I had got confused with which deck you had to be on to do it.  Soon we were docked and ready to embark. It did not seen to be that long a wait and then we were off joining the queue for passports and customs. We missed Sainsbury’s and were on the motorway before we knew it. We called in to Chipping Sodbury on our way to pick up the cooking stuff left behind got some fish and chips in Yate and had a breeze of a drive home doing 250 miles for the day and 2605 miles for the trip.