Sunday, March 8, 2009

oh, andalucía


Apparently I've been lax in blogging recently. oops. My excuse is that I've been having too many adventures. tehe. In the last few weeks I've been out climbing in various gorgeous places nearby (It's great way to get out in the country, spend a day in the fresh air, sun, and do a physical activity. Plus its just fun, and the people I go with are also fun. Mostly Spanish, but sometimes with some Germans and Italians as well.)
I also went to Cadiz with my flatmates and various friends. We dressed up as sailors (and a captain, of course) and spend the night trampsing through the streets amongst WAY too many other people. EVERYONE else was dressed up (Carnaval) and it was pretty entertaining for about the first half of the night. Then the amount of people + alcohol was much greater than the number of bathrooms and the streets became a disgusting mess. Plus we lost my flatmate and spent a long time trying to find him again. It turned out to be a long night, but we eventually got back to Malaga where one of the guys lives and we crashed at his beautiful flat right next to the sea. (Then I went swimming in the cold, cold water. But, I was on the beach, so I had to...)
Then this past weekend/week I hopped on a bus to Madrid and then flew to Gran Canaria for an international beach ultimate tournament. Awesome. Beautiful weather and fun times. I have a few more freckles. [But apparently I am not in 3-day ulti tourney shape...eek! tired.] Sunday night I took a boat to Tenerife to visit a friend and the next day we rented a car and toured around the island. I'm amazed at the changes of scenary we saw in such a small space. Tropical beach and desert and mountains and forests and bare volcano and crazy rocks and wild coasts. Then on Tuesday I headed back to Madrid, spent a few hours in the bus station and caught the night bus back to granada. Home by 5am for a short nap before work. I think I'm finally recovered... Ready for a new week.

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