So this weekend has been kinda fun and kinda boring. All my friends were in Morocco on a trip with ISA, and I stayed in Granada. Basically everyone was either in Morocco or traveling around, so I had to make my own little adventures.
This is what I woke up to on Friday morning. If you thought traffic was crazy in the states, think again! I'm almost positive that there are no rules to driving here.
Saturday I packed up my bag and hopped on a bus to Almuñécar. It was around an hour and a half bus ride. When I arrived, I got off the bus and headed straight for the beach!
There is a big rock separating the two beaches of Almuñécar, and a path that goes up it. You can see where there is a cross at the top. So I decided to climb it to see what was up there.
The path leading to the top of the huge rock.
Once I got up there, I saw this huge cross. I'm not sure if it's there all the time, or just because it's Semana Santa. Either way, it was pretty cool.
And you can see the city from both sides.
After that mini adventure, I decided it was time to soak up the sun. I went on a SUPER windy day, which made it a little cold to stay out in the sun, but I didn't care. I rented a lounge chair for 4 euros and laid there all day until I had to go back to the bus station.
Walking to the bus station, I saw these rocks with the waves crashing around them. I thought I'd take some pictures!
I'm almost 100% sure that some homeless people made this. When I took this picture some hobo yelled HOLA at me and waved his hand. He probably was wanting some money.
I got back to Granada at around 7pm and just hung out. Preparing for my next days adventures!
On Sunday, I went to another little beach town called La Herradura. La Herradura means horse shoe, and that's exactly what this beach looks like. It's in the shape of a horse shoe. This was my favorite beach town that I visited! It was beautiful, and it was fun! There were tons of people out playing, flying kites, throwing a ball around, swimming, building sand castles, etc.
The beaches are made up of sand and piedras (small rocks). This can hurt your feet while walking around bare foot!
People were also out sailing.. very cool.
I had to go back to the bus stop, since it's such a small town there's no bus station, to catch the bus. I always go pretty early because I don't want to miss it! So I wandered around a little bit to see what else this city has. I saw these beautiful homes on the top of this hill.
This is the other side of the city.
I got home and, again, just hung out for the rest of the evening.
Monday I headed for Motril. I thought this would be a fun place to visit. It's supposedly a beach city. When I arrived, I found out it's not at all a beach town, and it totally sucks. I rode the bus to Motril for 2 hours, got off the bus and walked around for 45 minutes. I got lost and started hating the place, so I found my way back to the bus station, bought a new ticket for the next bus (which was leaving right then), and headed 2 hours back to Granada. Motril.. you suck!
Tuesday was bad weather, so I just stayed in and piddled around in my room. I packed some more and did some homework. Overall a boring day.
Wednesday, I went to Torrenueva. It was cloudy all day until I hopped on the bus to go home.. haha oh well. I still got a little bit of sun! These are crazy trees, I thought they were really pretty.
Torrenueva is even smaller than all the other towns I had been to. The bus stop is literally just a random place where the bus pulls over. You have to buy your tickets through the bus driver because there's no vendor around.
I walked out onto the pier to eat helado and take pictures!
Now that today is Thursday, my friends are finally back from Morocco and I plan on doing some fun Semana Santa activities with them! I'm very glad they are back because I was about to go crazy doing things by myself. I'll post all about Semana Santa after I experience it!
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