Wednesday, April 7, 2010

I'm sorry did you say tapas? I heard TOPless

Nerja Vacation

Instead of having spring break Spain has Semana Santa. It is the week of the Saints where everyone goes on vacation and in every church they take their patron saint and carry them around the city on their backs. It usually takes about 10 men on each side of the statue of the saint and they carry these around for probably 7 hours a night. Each one has to weigh 1500 lbs or more. Of course I have no pictures of this because everytime the processions started I would NEVER have my camera with me. Owell. Anyways, we traveled to Nerja, a coastal town in Southern Spain. It is mostly Germans, Dutch and British retired people who live there but it has beautiful beaches (nude beaches mostly) and the scenery is absolutly perfect for a beach week get away.

3 other girls and I stayed in an apartment 5 mins away from the beach while 2 more girls stayed in a hostal near by. We had our our balcony, kitchen, a really nice bathroom, a cable tv (which I haven't had in months) and a terrece upstairs with a sundeck, sauna and hot tub. We pretty much spent everyday on the beach, (which is why I am now clost to the same color as my mother) and our evening either relaxing and drinking wine, or drinking tequila sunrises and dancing in local pubs. Since Nerja is so small there was only one small plaza with 10 or 12 musical pubs that the young people would hang out in. We met some pretty nice people while we were there and being american it is close to impossible to buy yourself a drink, there is always some spanish or british boy trying to buy one for you.

Everyday day we would wake up at 10ish, eat breakfast, then head out to the beach. We'd lay around, play soccer or volleyball and have a drink until 4 or 5 then eat lunch at home or on the beach. They had a great Thai place (surprisingly) and of course the seafood paella was fantastic. After we ate we would head back to the apartment and nap for awhile or watch tv and would later go out and shop or wander around until 10 or 11 when we went home from dinner. After dinner it was off to a pub, or drinking wine in the hot tub on the roof. Best vacation ever.
Next weekend (the 16th) I'm off to Morocco and after that I will have less then 30 days left here! It is almost sad but I'll be happy to see my family. Oh and BTW got a 9.9 on my Art History Exam that's a 99% in the US!

I'm so baller sometimes I can't stand it ;)

More Later...

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