Cartagena, Spain was a beautiful city. In addition to the amazing and rich Roman history, the city today is just beautiful. It was exceptionally clean, which we noticed immediately and kept noticing. The street cleaners were out at the crack of dawn to sweep and wash all the streets in the city centre. And there were constantly cleaning crews all […]
We knew there was a lot of Roman history in Cartagena, Spain. What we did not realize due to our ignorance before we came was that the original, Roman name was Carthago Nova, or in English New Carthage. I went to see the Carthaginian Ruins in Tunisia almost 20 years ago and can remember that visit well. Between that trip […]
We booked four weeks in Cartagena, Spain, which in hindsight was not nearly enough. This area is unbelievable! Katia summed it up well one day on our way home from a hike when she gave a deep, contented sigh as she stared at the gorgeous landscape around us and randomly said, “I could just live here!” We were right on […]