Cartagena

Today I have been in Cartagena a place I love, I think it is a beautiful city. Always a lot of restoration work going on restoring the beautiful buildings back to their former glory. It is mostly a naval city and of course big connections with Hannibal who started his journey over the Alps from here. There are many excavation sites in Cartagena and it's amazing what they uncover, mostly from Roman times. Every year there is a big fiesta, The Romans and Carthaginians, very spectacular. They re-enact the battles, the wedding of Hannibal and they put together a Roman camp, you have to see this to believe it, it's like being transported back in time. You can see some of it here:

http://www.cartaginesesyromanos.es/

Click on la fiestas, you will see the English flag at the left hand side so it will translate.

Here are some photos I took today (I also got a little more sunburned than intended, haha, it was very very hot).

The Peral Submarine, supposedly the first working submarine.


City Hall


Monument to various organisations


One of the excavation sites currently being worked. Unfortunately you are not allowed to go poking around but we could see walls and pillars and various other bits and pieces.



The port again
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Looks a grand day out Loretta, and smashing photos. It also seems to be a real interesting place, and I must put it on my list of places to visit some time...

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It looks a lovely place, Loretta .... so clean looking and tidy.

I feel envious of your lovely blue sky and sea over there ...... you must get through a lot of sun block through the year!

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An interesting looking place Loretta it is nice to see a bit of blue sky and sea instead of clouds and rain..

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Meg's right, it is nice to see the clear blue sky. Been nice here today for a change.
Looks like a nice place.

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Enjoyed the pictures Loretta, especially the one showing the excavation site..I would enjoy 'poking' around in there
Glad you had a good day out.

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Thanks everyone. We did have a lovely day, my friend and I gave the shops a miss today and went for a bit of culture instead. There are some wonderful historic places to visit in Cartagena and some great museums too but impossible to do them all in a day. Fortunately we don't live too far from there so we can go when we want and it's easier to go by bus, no hassle getting in and out or parking then and the bus fares are very cheap.
Trouble is there are so many lovely towns, cities and villages to explore we have to space them out. Then there are the fiestas, honestly it's a hard life here

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Eeeeh, I just feel like I've been on me holidays. Lovely photos.