We're at the bus
station again. There's an ad on the wall for "Alhambra" beer, I guess
they are using the name of the Arabic fortress. I want to buy something from
the mini cafeteria here, but everything they have is sandwiches. It's a good
thing I still have some cheese (thanks to the hostel fridge) and fruit and nuts
and dried beans. So I should be good for lunch.
We're going to have
a lot of free time in Nerja, and I just realized I put my deadline for writing
and recording the song I will use for my Supernatural parody at the end of
March. Which means I should really prioritize that as well as math for the next
two days. It's already Wednesday the week before school starts, that feels very
soon.
I don't understand
how performers can travel for hours and then get up on a stage and perform.
Tours must be exhausting.
We're driving along
the Mediterranean coast! This is amazing! The houses are nestled between cacti
and palm trees and it's 18 degrees Celsius outside! All the houses are white
and small and Greek-like. The ocean is light blue. This ocean is so different from
the intimidating deep blue Pacific. This
one looks warm and inviting.
We're at a stop, and
in looking at the shadow of a spiky tree on the ground. My first thought was
pine tree, because that's always what it's been in the past, but I need to
remind myself that this is a shadow from a PALM TREE and the sun is shining
from above the MEDITERRANEAN SEA. That's still amazing to me that I'm actually
here.
It's funny because
it's 19 degrees now and the people outside at the bus stop are wearing long
coats, pants, and scarves. I would be in the lightest sundress I own, and
probably still be a bit too hot.
Our hotel is
amazing. After waiting about 30 min at reception and passing the time by doing
some sprint racing and pennywhistle, we climes the hill to our apartments. They
are much bigger than our home stays. There are two bathrooms (both with
showers), a washer and dryer, three bedrooms (I get one all to myself), a full
kitchen, a livingroom, and two balconies (it's a full apartment). I have gone
swimming in the sea already, and it was really cold and super wavy and full of
rocks and sand, but still warmer than Victoria water. I stayed in for about
twenty minutes, and it was so windy afterwards that I air-dried. Then I went in
the outside pool and swam a couple laps (my shoulders feel so nice after that).
So I'm tired now but very happy and relaxed. Tomorrow is a nothing day, nothing
scheduled. Just being here and enjoying the sun. And hopefully getting some
work done (I keep saying that…). The chaperones went into town and bought
groceries, so we're having dinner here tonight with all the girls. Pizza and
salad.
Just finished
playing a great game of "Oh Hell".
Just had dinner with
everyone and spent the evening playing board games. It was very enjoyable, just
having a good time. According to the teachers who came to visit us to give us
coffee, the boys were not having as much fun as we were (but they would beg to
differ on the group chat). Really good homemade frozen pizzas and salad and
soda and strawberries. It's a really good thing we decided to generally cook
and eat things all together in the girls' apartment below us (where we ate
today). We're having eggs and breakfast all together down there tomorrow.
Anyway, our kitchen sucks. We don't have oven mitts or a second oven rack or a
wok or five frying pans or a set of pots or a rolling pin or adequate cutlery,
all of which they have downstairs. I mean, we do have some weird
whisk/flattener thing that I can't for the life of me figure our what it is
(it's the last picture in the photo link- see if you can guess what it might be
for). Zoe is at the moment cooking some rice and stirring it with a serrated knife,
because that's literally all there was. We do. However, have a juicer and a
martini shaker. So if we want to make a martini with the milk, Fanta, spinach,
ice, and single strawberry we have, we can certainly do it. I think this is
some sort if bachelor pad or something, I don't know. It's also got a couple
lids that don't have pots to go with them. It's weird that the kitchen
downstairs is actually quite well-stocked well our is… Well.
I'm considering
getting up early tomorrow at 7an to see the sunrise. I think I will, and then
go back to bed. Tomorrow is my free day in Spain; I'm gonna swim in the water
of this opportunity (and the literal water of the pool).
Hoping to have a
wonderful one-day spring break break day,
Eva.
I finally read this on the computer. Makes it ten times better to view the pictures! I guess you are off to the last place tomorrow.
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