Alicante, Spain

Thursday morning the 29^th and we awake in Alicante. We board a shuttle bus for the quick drive to the city center, and wander around lost until we turn on the phone’s GPS to get us to Alicante Segway Tours. We get some instruction in how to drive the Segway (and we both have to get used to using our feet for balance and just use our arms to turn the Segway) and together with a young couple from Brighton in the UK we are off on our Segway tour with our guide Nicolas. We Segway (not sure if drive is the right verb?) down along the beachfront promenade and soon get used to Segwaying through the crowds of pedestrians. We then head up through the old town (Alicante has been occupied constantly for over 2000 years!) and up the hill to the castle (fort) overlooking the city. We enjoy the view and then Segway down the hill. After the tour, Nicolas drops us off at the Taberna Iberica where Ramon serves us a glorious meal of local hams, tapas (croquettes of vegetables, and ham and cheese) followed by a chicken paella and a desert of tiramisu. Another great meal and we walk back to the port for the short bus ride to the ship. Kurt relaxes in the room reading while Kathy heads to the pool for some sun. We enjoy dinner at Jacques’, the French restaurant on board and head back to the room.