We arrived at Cartagena early this morning and started the day with a jog along the seafront. One of the must see items is a 95 year old crane that in it's day was enormous and was used on the shipyards to move materials.
Nowadays it sits in the middle of a roundabout and looks quite small.
After taking a break for breakfast we set off again to explore the town. There is a large and impressive Roman amphitheatre and you can climb many steps to a park and look down on it rather than actually going inside.
As we wandered around the town I remarked to Darren that I was certain that we had never been here before.
We were both really surprised by the number of buildings that were just had the front wall remaining and the rest of it was held up with scaffolding.
However, once we got back to the ship I searched this extremely useful blog, and it turns out that we cycled actually here from a campsite in March 2015.
I took almost identical photos of the amphitheater and in 2015 I was also surprised at the buildings that were just fronts held up by scaffolding!
At that time I wondered why the buildings had no rooms or roofs, and over 10 years later I am wondering again.
There is a big naval base here too with lots of handsome sailors around, and an attractive barracks where a lot of them are based.
Finally, a large sangria in front of the town hall before heading back to our ship.
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