Castelló de la Plana

Mileage: 163955

Yesterday we visited València. One could have easily spent another week in the city, but we had agreed that it was time to move on.

After an hour's drive, we reached Castelló de la Plana. Unfortunately, we could no longer remember who had given us the tip about the parking spot at the sports airfield, but the place was stored as a recommendation, making it our destination for today.

Upon arrival, we were greeted very warmly, and we had a lot of fun at check-in when it turned out that the receptionist was half French and besides Spanish, French, and English, she also knew essential German phrases like: “Please show your ID.” We completed the check-in in a colorful mix of all available languages, predominantly in French.

Every few minutes, the propeller planes transported new loads of skydivers into the air, who then descended on colorful parachutes. We searched for a restaurant to order the already familiar Plato del dia. Surprisingly, instead of cookies or nuts, shrimp were served as a snack with the drinks, wow! The next agenda item was, of course, a siesta.

In the evening, we took another walk along the beach at Gurugú, and Ines even went for a swim, but it was dark and raining, which made the walk short, lasting only an hour.

Since the selection of pictures and the article about our visit to València still needed to be finished, we had a nice amount of work to do in the evening before ending the day on Gary's couch with some reading.