Not what we'd "Castellon de la plana" 'ed - but turned out great!

Our next stay in Spain was our first experience at house sharing all of our previous AirBnB places have been independent houses or apartments all to ourselves.  We were a little apprehensive but the couple we stayed with were fantastic - so easy going and friendly.

Iratxe and Abel were fellow travellers who had just recently returned from a 6 month holiday in Australia and NZ - they even went to Adelaide!  Iratxe is from the north of Spain and Abel is Mexican.  It was great to share travelling stories over a morning coffee or a late night aperitif .. or two...

You may have noticed that we're not ones for taking too many people photos.  This is their AirBnB profile photo.

.. a great couple we hope to cross paths with again.

This was their house in the hills of Castellon de la Plana...

The panaderia next to the bar we frequented had these offerings...

.. not sure I'd go for the top one - I think one would be more than enough.

About an hours drive back up the cost was a place called Peniscola - a bit of a funny name but an extremely popular holiday spot.  The beaches were packed for as far as the eye could see...

Luckily there was a gorgeous old town built on a rocky point with much less people...

and the views from up there were stunning...

About another hours drive inland and we arrive at the ancient walled hilltop village of Morella.  An impressive sight...

 Back at the ranch, we were entertained constantly by the 4 kittens Iratxe was fostering til they were old enough to home...