BENODORM 2011

 

AS WE LEFT FOR BENIDORM, 26 OF US FLYING FROM NEWCASTLE TO ALICANTE, THEN TRAVEL BY COACH TO OUR HOTEL IN BENIDORM, THE MAGIC ROCK GARDENS. WE WERE GREETED AT THE HOTEL BY RECEPTION STAFF, HANDING OUT BUBBLY AND FRUIT JUICE IN ONE HAND AND IN THE OTHER A FREE UPGRADE FROM ALL INCLUSIVE TO ULTRA ALL INCLUSIVE WHICH ENTITLED US TO INTERNATIONAL BRANDS OF ALCOHOL INSTEAD OF THE LOCAL BRANDS...... HAPPY DAYS. THE SUN WAS BLEACHING DOWN THE WHOLE WEEK , FROM A HIGH OF 30 DEG TO A LOW OF 26. WE KEPT AN EYE ON THE UK WEATHER FORECAST WHICH RARELY SHOWED ANYTHING BUT RAIN. THE HOTEL WAS FANTASTIC, ROOMS WERE VERY CLEAN AND HAD ALL THE MOD CONS, FRIDGE , BATH AND SHOWER, AND A PLASMA ON THE WALL. FOOD WAS APLENTY, WITH A GREAT SELECTION AT EVERY SITTING. THE POOL AREA WAS GREAT FOR THE KIDS WITH 4 OR 5 WATER SLIDES ON SITE. THE LEVANTE BEACH WAS A 5 MINUTE WALK AWAY, ABOUT 100 YARDS DOWN FROM THE HOTEL. WE HAD MANAGED TO GET TICKETS FOR THE SPAIN END FOR TUESDAYS SPANISH HOME GAME, WITH BUSSES LEAVING FROM THE STRETFORD END PUB. WE EVEN GOT THE FLAG ON THE SIDE OF THE HOTEL.

 

THE NIGHTLIFE WAS FANTASTIC WITH BARS DOIN PINTS FOR AS LOW AS 1.50 EURO THAT WAS THE AMSTEL.

 

 

EVEN HAVING TIME TO GET SNAPPED WITH THE CELEBRITIES . TUESDAY ARRIVED, IT WAS THE DAY OF THE GAME. WE SET OF FOR THE BUS, STOPPING AT ONE OF THE MAGIC ROCK GARDENS SISTER HOTELS WHICH OUR ALL INC STATUS ENTITLED US TO EAT AND DRINK AT ALL THE 5 MAGIC HOTELS IN BENIDORM.

 

 

WE LEFT THE MAGIC HOTEL AND HEADED ON THE BUS TO ALICANTE. ON OUR DROP OFF WE PROCEEDED TO A FEW LOCAL BARS AND FOUND A WARM WELCOME FROM THE LOCALS. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE STADIUN WAS GOOD, WE WERE NESTLED IN AMOUNGST THE SPANISH SUPPORTERS WHICH SEEMED TO BE VERY FAMILY ORIENTATED. ALL IN ALL A GOOD EXPERIENCE. AND ON LEAVING THE GROUND WE WERE GETTING APPLAUDED AND CHANTS OF "GREATEST SUPPORTERS" DIRECTED AT US WAS GREATLY RECIEVED. THE WHOLE WEEK WAS FANTASTIC AND A GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL. MORE PICS TO FOLLOW.

 

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