Last day trip

We've driven through Altea many times, even stopped there a couple of times to look around.  Altea is a little further north up the coast from El Campello.  We've read about it, heard it mentioned all the time on the radio and when we did go through there it always looked interesting.  It is also a place full of expats and since they seem to choose to settle in the nicer areas around here, we thought it merited a closer look and a meal at one of their restaurants along the beach.

So, that's what we did today!  After finally finding a place to park along the beach (and we can't IMAGINE what it must be like in Altea during the summer since it was packed today in December), we walked up into the downtown area of Altea.  We saw many nice stores and a nice market - definitely an enjoyable area to do some shopping.  Then we walked back down to the beach and picked an Austrian restaurant to have lunch at.

Getting ready to enjoy Wienerschnitzel and Hungarian Goulash.

Those two chairs on the right were mine.  When it got too hot sitting in the sun, I'd move to the chair in the shade.  Then back to the chair in the sun when it'd get too cold in the shade.  The whole lunch was spent like that!  The food was good at this beach-side cafe.  After lunch, we shared some Palatschincken and Apfelstrudel, both of them very good.

This was the view from where we had lunch.  That's the Calpe rock in the distance!

Then we walked along the rock wall which lines the waterfront for a little while.

Looking back to where we had lunch.

Maybe there are better beaches somewhere in Altea, but definitely not in this area.

This shot is looking south towards the big party city of Benidorm, which is behind that mountain on the left.  We never did go to Benidorm.

We will miss all of this, for sure.....