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‘I love everything!!'

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  It is a day of streets and suburbs and blocks of flats on the edge of nowhere.  Let us go, first, to the Confiteria Praga.   As a supermarket,  Confiteria Praga is a 4.3 sort of a place. It is a 7.30am to 2.30pm and 5.30-10.30pm sort of place, every day but Tuesdays.  On Tuesday it is closed.   Four weeks ago Sergio said ‘ Neighborhood supermarket, fairly good prices, good deli, slightly limited product variety, but that's normal given the size of the supermarket. Overall, pretty good.’   Rey Lobo added ‘A supermarket in this Murcia neighborhood where you can find a wide selection of food and household products. Very clean and organized, it's perfect for making large or small purchases thanks to the variety of items.’ The top comments were Price, Butcher Shop, Embutido, Sunday and gender.  I can not find the references to gender.  I am confused. Panaderia El Rojo 1939 has an interesting name.  https://www.panaderiaelrojo.com/ ...
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Accessibility is well-designed

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  Into Murcia and, as with all cities, we will end up doing so much in a short day.  First off, some stats. Murcia has 471,982 people within its enfolding arms - all above 43m above sea level.  It is the 7th largest city in Spain but has a football team in the 3rd tier of the league.  Almost 18000 Moroccans live here, as do 2500 Brits - making them largest European migrant community.  We are wandering through streets familiar from many other towns and cities we have been through.  Our first stop is the Museo Arquelogico de Murcia.    https://www.museosregiondemurcia.es/web/museosdemurcia/museo-arqueologico-de-murcia   The museum has galleries going back to the palaeolithic and wanders all the way through to the Visigoths by way of the usual suspects.  Eight hours ago P gave a small but praiseful review. ‘ Fantastic museum with a wonderful collection of antiquities from around the area. Well worth visiting. Thank you for our visit.’ ...
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To die in La Manga or Croydon

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We are a bit peak Spain today.  A modern footpath and cycle path by a sorted out river. Flat fields, some just scrub, some cropped.  Random tree planting.  Neat and individually built villas.  A barn left to wither like some installation piece.  Occasional old cottages wondering what happened.  So we approach Murcia city. The population has been rising steadily since 1842.  The late 19th century was a boom time as was the 1990s-2010s.  Putting Murcia together with Cartagena, about 45% of inhabitants live in those two cities.   About 12% of the populace are foreign nationals compared to Spain’s average of 4%.  Ecuadorians make up a third of these, Moroccans 27% and Brits 6%.  80% identify as Catholics, although only a third say they practice. It is good to see wiki is good at claiming people as their own.  How should we rate this?  Dennis Waterman lived in La Manga from 2015 to 2022.  Should he count?  Count Juan ...
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The water that empowers or moistens

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  It is a brave new world in a brave new year - and we have a Candlemas Bun for the 2008-2023 variety soon on the journey.  Meanwhile, café first, then Murcia. El Taller Quijano gets 4.5 stars , a LGBTQ+ friendly status and a just-eats link.  https://www.just-eat.es/restaurants-el-taller-quijano-alquerias/menu   Fritas are 3.50 euros, pulpo rockero in 19.  It is a 12 till 12 place at weekends and 8pm to 12pm on all other days, save Mondays, when it is closed. Coronel felt ‘ Everything is a 10, live music is the best’.  Dmitry is not entirely focused on the food.  ‘Thank you so much for your hospitality and for allowing me to stay at your home during my amazing VeloLiberty bike tour from Warsaw to Portugal. After traveling through 14 countries and over 8,500 kilometers, it has been a great pleasure to meet so many wonderful people and see so many amazing places along my route.  I wish you much success and I trust that, on the eighth cycling tour, y...
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