Puerto de Santa Maria, Andalucia (Spain)

With the time zone change, we arrived in Rota around 1000. We had a lot to do before we could check into the Gateway in at the Naval Station, so we'll only end up getting charged one night (usually, we have to pay for two when we show up early in the morning...). I was rested, so I convinced Julius to try to go on the train to Sevilla with me. We had no trouble getting to the train station in Puerto de Santa Maria - a pretty coastal town. Unfortunately, the train was not running today! We walked around for several hours - looking in shops, exploring historic places. Had some good beer at a local pub as the Siesta began. Later, we found out that they have some great beaches outside the city. We walked for miles! We got back to town and made it to Meson El Asador for a great Shish-kebab meal, topped off with Liquor de Hierbas (definitely an acquired taste...). I had been here in 2003 - it was fun to pass along the experience to Julius. Back to the room around 1900 so I could get some sleep. Ended up going out for a little while with everyone in Rota - back to room again at 2200...