We were up at 3:45am, bleary eyed and hoping the alarm was wrong, but knowing that BOTH alarms couldn’t be wrong! The taxi arrived at 4am, exactly the time we’d asked for. After that the driver got lost TWICE trying to get out of the estate! However, he managed to find his way out and we were driven over to Glasgow Airport without wasting any time. Almost straight through the check-in and wandered into the main building with the other lost looking souls.
After we’d had the usual expensive breakfast we got the call to the gate. Unfortunately, they only wanted us on the plane, and once we were all aboard we got told that frost during the night had turned to ice and the wings needed de-icing. Also, as a result, we’d missed our take off slot. Isn’t it great when a plan comes together 😡.
Once the wings had warmed up and we were in the air, we just sat there for about three hours before we landed at Alicante and descended into the warm sun of Spain.
After we signed in with our passport and facial recognition we were shown to our Beniconnect bus that would take us to Calpe ( also known as Calp ). Another hour’s journey brought us to the resort itself, and after more signing and waiting for the slowest computer in creation, we were standing in a lovely room on the fourth floor with a spectacular view across the sea to the horizon.
The first thing we did was get changed into more comfortable clothes and find a shop that sold beer. There were a few! Later we walked around the town and took in the sights.
Dinner was a bit of a mix up with a load of quite arrogant germans (am I allowed to say that – well, I’ve just said it!) who would rather walk through you instead of around you. None of them ever smiled. It seems they liked to think they more important than us. They’re not. Note the lower case ‘germans’ to show what I think of their attitude.
We were dancing in the evening. I think we maybe had a bit too much to drink, but the company was good. Thankfully we had our own ballroom for dancing in.
Hoping for more sun tomorrow.