Today we headed into the centre of Alicante to pick up our debit cards at the bank. Our day started by catching the bus at 8:40 and arriving at the main bus station in downtown Alicante at around 9:10. From there we walked to the bank which took about 40 minutes. It was a beautiful day and an enjoyable walk. Once at the bank we took our number and waited our turn, this took another 30 minutes or so. After we saw the finance clerk, we were provided with our debit cards and activated them at the bank ATM machine.

Once we had completed the banking we headed to the local centre market to look around. It is a big market 2 storeys high and has all kind of food. There are lots of butchers, meat products, bakeries and vegetables. There are also specialty shops selling clothing and other items. We walked throughout the market and saw some of the unique items such as pig heads, skins, and other items which I can’t even identify, it was quite unique.

 

We then headed to get some groceries at the supermacado. This took us about an hour to get our groceries, load them up into our two-wheeled cart. We then walked to the main bus station about 30 minutes walk. At the bus station we waited for our bus. While we were there waiting for the bus the local police arrived about 7 of them in total. They had a drug dog who was brought through and smelled everyone and their bags. I was thinking the dog would smell our fresh chicken and then life would get very interesting but he didn’t react to our food. One police officer was there with a machine gun and was standing alone watching everyone. It was not scary but reassuring because they seem to do this on a regular basis. I took a picture of the police officers but I didn’t take any other pictures of them just to be safe. 🙂

After the bus ride home it was around 2 p.m. it took us that long to get some groceries and do a little banking. Once we move to our new apartment located in central Alicante we will have more free time with less bus travel time.

“Adios y que tengas un gran dias”