Happy Birthday To Ya

Day 15, the first of 2 rest days on the tour. It also happens to be Sanch's birthday. It's hard to believe he was born way back in 1862, he looks so much older. 🤣

Fair play to the old fella though, he did turn off the bugle and allow me a lie in or was that just that we jumped an hour forward yesterday? 🤔

First on our sightseeing agenda was the Casa Mitreo y Columbarios, a huge and incredibly well preserved villa. It has some lovely frescoes and other interesting features I'd not seen before. There is also a burial ground nearby, with some large private burial chambers. 

A walk into town leads to the alcazaba and Roman bridge. The bridge is 753m wide. I walked it's entire length and back.

The alcazaba is an arab fort. Mainly just the walls but it does have an interesting building that houses a water cistern down some long sloping stone steps. There are goldfish in the crystal clear water.

The day is warming up nicely. As we sit in the shade, having a drink, it is 27 degrees. It could touch 34 by 5pm.

Next up we shall head for the main attraction, the teatro and anfiteatro.