Day 16: Alicante, Spain

As of today, we have traveled 5,335 nautical miles, or 6,139 miles from Galveston, and we’re positioned at zero degrees, 29 minutes and 15 seconds west of the Prime Meridian.  Barcelona is two degrees east of it. 

Here’s a wider view, to see the relative position of London to Barcelona.

We docked in Alicante just as we were waking up about 6:00, and we got to see a beautiful full moon shining over the water.  Unfortunately, soon after getting up, I discovered a terrible crick in my neck and upper back.  It’s somewhat better after an Ibuprofen and a hot shower, but I’m moving gingerly.  This port is a 40-minute walk (or a 7€ bus ride) from the city), so we decided last night to stay on the ship today.  We had already canceled our tour, because it started at 11:00 and we have to be back on board by 2:30. I’m sorry not to have lots of photos to share!

Here are some photos Charlie took from the ship..

Arriving at the port 

View of the castle

Display outside of the Windjammer 

We never had a meal at the Windjammer on this cruise, and we had our first pizza from Sorrento’s today.  We never ran across Wonderland, which is supposedly being turned into suites during the drydock period immediately following our cruise. 

We’ve begun packing and will wrap that up this afternoon before our final dinner at 150 Central Park. I will probably post later tomorrow afternoon from the hotel in Barcelona.  Thanks for cruising along!