Day 4. Tuesday 11 March.

Not much can be said about 15 hours stuck in an airplane. The food was better than the first leg, so that was a plus. Some sleep, and D watched all of the episodes in Series 2 of Reacher. We were picked up by our pre-arranged taxi and delivered to the apartment. A lot of use of WhatsApp  with the apartment management over payment, access codes, keys, parking, payment….but all very civilized and hence resolved easily. By this time we were totally whacked so decided to do a short loop from the apartment with a small shopping trip (that became just that bit bigger, and not just because of the beer, champagne and red wine). As we were about to enter the very narrow lift a couple joined from next door. We crammed in – both neighbours were tall Americans, and he was huge – over 6.5 feet at least and about as wide in the shoulders: well put together. D made a crack about being in the lift with Reacher: did not get a response. Oops.

Drizzle on and off but not enough to be off putting. 

The afternoon dragged on: “what do you mean it’s only 2 o’clock?” A late walk around the area and a leak and potato soup for supper and then off to bed early – although 7.30 here is 0330 in Australia, so perhaps, until we adjust our body clocks, it was a very late night. Whatever. 

Dinner: Potato and leek soup with baguettes and a Senorio de Los LLanos Tempranillo 2021