Today is Cartagena day

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Cartagena is one of our favourite towns locally. We visit most times that we are over here. We like the port area and have always frequented a specific cafe until it changed hands at the start of 2009.

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So today we took the bus from Los A to Cartagena. We feel we are old hands at public transport here now (having braved the bus station at Torrevieja!) We waited at the bus stop near the consum supermarket .... it was very hot, the hottest day so far and the Petrulla Aguila kept us entertained as they were practising again over the Mar Menor.

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No problems with the bus today .... we arrived at the bus station in Cartagena half an hour later..................... and a very nice bus station it is too. Modern and clean and very well organised.

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We walked down to the port passing by the newly opened Museum of Subaquatic archeology (going to visit when we are over in the winter) and the first submarine designed by Isaac Peral. Then onto a cafe for coffee and gaze across the port at the leisure craft and the naval vessels.

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Next we had a walk around the town. It was fun seeing the huge statue of the naked man for the first time .... I checked it out ........... it's definitely a man!! Also part of the town where we used to drive is in the process of being pedestrianised. I suggested that Ian stop and take a look at how they were doing it in order to pick up some tips for laying the paths in the garden. He didn't seem to be keen at all !!!!!!!!!!

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It doesn't sound like an exciting day but it was most enjoyable. We didn't see anything funny or unique. We did see the local fire brigade in action putting out a fire that had totally consumed an old boat. And we met a lovely couple of ladies from Liverpool at the bus station and had a chat with them.

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Oh, and I did manage to get off the bus without falling over ........... yeah.