We decided to go to the beach today at La Malvarosa. It is a part of Valencia that has been redeveloped and I have not been there since it was done. It is also where the F1 track is.
We left after breakfast but the sat nav could not find it and I more or less knew where it was so I put a town in that I thought was close by. We went across country and part of the time I had no idea where I was but I did know the general direction we had to go. Jon got very stressed and it was so annoying as I could see the cranes at the port and knew it was near there but trying to get there was a different matter. We had gone the wrong way and I was telling Jon where to go and he was so grumpy I said let's just go home. I hate it when he gets like that. There is no need to stress we are driving a car and we will get there eventually or we just go back - easy as!!! We finally arrived and found a parking space and went onto the beach which was very crowded and not at all like a Kiw beach.
We found a spot and settled down but it was very, very hot and I had to go in the sea to cool down. We did manage to stay a couple of hours and the beach did empty as people went for lunch. It is a lovely clean sandy beach though and the water so warm which you certainly don't get in NZ! We stayed on and then decided it was too hot, we later found out it was 45 c!
Walking off the beach was painful as the sand was so hot and the beach so wide. By the time we had reached the prom my feet were sore and I was sweating.
We went to one of the restaurants on the front and had a nice lunch and a cold beer before driving home which we managed to do very easily!
Once home we showered but it was then just too hot to do anything.
Went to Anne's later to pick up her car, stayed for a chat before driving back. We also borrowed three fans as we were going to need them. Only problem was one turned out to be a heater! I was nervous, not having driven in Spain for many years, and had to follow Jon. Unfortunately, he/sat nav took a wrong turn and we went all over the place. The annoying thing was I just had to follow but could have managed to get us home sooner as I knew all the villages we were driving through but the sat nav kept sending Jon back to the main roads and I was screaming at him but could do nothing about it! It took ages and was nearly dark by the time we got there. I had to see the funny side of it or I would have gone mad at him even though it wasn't his fault. At least it gave me some practice driving and by the time we did get back I was quite used to it. The joys of sat nav!
We had dinner and I thought I had picked up lamb chops but they were turkey but I didn't find that out till later when I looked at the packet more closely, no wonder I didn't like them.
It finally cooled down a little and we went to bed. We have now changed to upstairs ready for Jane and Jason to have the downstairs bedroom room and we have a big, noisy industrial fan to keep us cool!
WEATHER
Very hot 45 degrees at one stage!
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