Off to Moraira

Before leaving for Moraira I walked in to the town on Sunday.  It took about 30 minutes.

Beautiful view of the mountain range on my way in to town.

It’s a very small town.

The main drag...

Lots of oranges after all it is Valencia!

I think these are pomegranates!

Lovely restaurant where I had lunch..

Yummy salad with a glass of vino blanco.

I leave Altea la Vella Monday morning and drive to Valencia to drop off my rental car.  I decide to take the route along the coast which will avoid the toll but take an hour longer.  I really wanted to see more of the towns along the coast.  It is also very windy and I didn’t want to compete with the big rigs on the highway.  My car is small and light and tends to get blown around on the road.

Safely back at the car rental.  Whew!

I have arrived in Moraira....not without a hiccup.  I was told that I could take ALSA bus to Benitachell and then just take taxi to the villa in Moraira.  Sounded easy however this is the second time I have been told to take taxi and there are no taxis!  When I am dropped off by the bus there is a sign there with the phone numbers for the taxi but since I don’t speak Spanish I don’t know how I will describe where I need to be picked up.  I spot a bar across the street so go there and ask the woman running the place if she could call the taxi.  She makes two calls and says “no taxi”, something about Alicante and a whole bunch of Spanish.  NO TAXI!  I have to call Lisa (my housesit) and ask for her assistance.  She tries to get a taxi...no go!  She has to come from Javea, pick me up and drive me to the villa!  It turns out I’m glad she did as it wasn’t as easy as I was led to believe to get to the villa and get settled.  Lisa drives quickly around town and then shows me the villa.  She’s gone and here I am.
I try to go out to eat or get some groceries but it is dark and I am unfamiliar with the area.  I fear I could get lost so decide to just have a snack and go to bed.  I’ll explore in the morning.

Things are always brighter the next day.  I walk about 15 minutes from the house and find a lovely place to have breakfast. So good!  I’m sitting close to the water.

I continue my walk in to town to get groceries...I find a store after visiting Tourist Info office.  With having to purchase water (as well as wine) it’s all too heavy to walk home with everything.  The woman at the store calls a taxi for me. YES!  A taxi comes...go figure and takes me back to the villa (uphill) for 6 euro.  This is a must if I do a big shop.  Settling in.