Torrevieja in winter - Torrevieja, the market and Camino Quintin and San Pedro del Pinatar
On Thursday our train from Toledo to Atocha is on time and the next train from Madrid to Alicante leaves from the same area, planta baja so it’s easy. We left over an hour between trains, just in case, and we spend the time having the sandwiches I prepared in Toledo, and a coffee. The journey to Alicante is equally uneventful, we get the C6 bus from Avenida Salamanca in front of the station after waiting less than five minutes (pensionistas get a substantial discount). This takes us to the airport, where we have to find the ‘mobile office’ of Neptunohires, the car rental people (don’t ask). But in the end that too is easy, the people meeting us speak Italian, nice for a change, everything is as planned and we are soon driving through the dusk, the sun setting over the salt lakes, towards Torrevieja. After leaving our stuff in the apartment we go to trusty Mercadona for shopping and have a late supper. The apartment has a fantastic sea view and that’s all I can say for it. There ar...
