Nov.8,2010 Cartagena,Spain

Today we arrived in Cartagena and will walk to town and see the sites.Cartagena is a historic port located on the southeast mediterranean coast of the the Iberian Pennisula. This city dates back well over 2000 years.Sailing into the port you can imagine what the Phoenicians,Greeks and Romans seen as we did when we arrived. As you enter the port you can see the fort and the sea wall.Photos coming into the port.

This is the Concepcion Castle and is the ruins of a fortress that formed part of the city's defenses.This castle sits atop Torres park and overlooks the city and harbor.

The first thing we did was get on a city bus and rode around the town.

After riding around the city we walked to the city square.They have a beautiful town hall in the center of the town.The Palacio Consistorial has been beautifully restored.

In 1987 they discovered The Roman Theater which had long been forgotten and buried for more than 2000 years.They are slowly undergoing archeological excavation of the site.This was cut into a hillside of old city neighborhoods and the theater could hold over 6000 people.It's absolutely amazing to see something this old and know that this is part of early history. Wow this is all I can say. Pictures of the Roman Theater.

After all the siteseeing it was time for a nice lunch along the street.George and Janice and Sam and I sat and had lunch on outside table and watched the people. I don't now what this guy was selling.Now it's time to go back to the ship.