Final month

After two months we said goodbye to our excellent base camp in Alhama and turned the caravan's nose towards north. The dogs definitely sensed something was different when we packed our things, as they sat quietly on the other side of gate and just watched. The atmosphere was a bit sad as we drove trought the city for the last time, but soon the feeling turned into exitement of beeing on a road again. We still have almost one month before we truly need to be back in north, so there is still plenty of time for new places.

Our first destination was Catalonia. We took a coast road and despite of the falling darkness we saw some very interesting places. We learned that for example Benidorm looks almost like Manhattan with skycrapers (more than 25 buildings oven 100 meters high) reaching to heights. It looked really odd after the small white villages which elsewhere occupy the coastline. Also the nature here is totally different compared to the south. The trees seem to be covered with ivy so the landscape is very rainforest-like and green, though it's an early spring and some of the trees are still lacking leafs.

Today it was time for Sant Celoni motocross circuit. The rider was familiar with the track and it was a good training day on a prepared surface. We'll probably go back on Friday, if only the weather allows... they forecasted rain for tomorrow and we are already listening the patter of rain right now. That's a pity as we are camping right beside a beautiful beach lined with seafront promenade, which both would look a lot better in a sunshine. Luckily we still have the sound of waves.