Well, I guess that's only kind of part of the story. You see I actually went from the Melia Alicante to the AJ New York. And after my shocking brush with Spanish artwork in Alicante (see my second post under the Hostal Gran Duque topic ), the backpackers paradise was all just too much for me and I had to slink off back to somewhere more comfortable! Mind you, it's not stopped me from adding it to my portfolio of travelling stories to bore family and friends with.

Sonia