El Mar Mediterráneo

August 30 - September 1, 2011
Wow! In a million years I would have never expected a landscape like this one.  It is absolutely gorgeous.  Over the three days at the beach we went to a different beach everyday.  The first day we went to one with very fine sand.  It was a gorgeous beach and perfect for taking a long walk.  Merche and I walked for maybe on hour past all kinds of things.  In one section of the beach, no one has clothes on.  They walk, swim, eat, tan, talk, and shop without clothes.  It is really weird.  And most of them are quite old, not the people you would like to see at a nude beach.  Haha.  The next day we went to a beach where there were small rocks instead of sand which lead to VERY clear water.  We snorkeled and saw a lot of fish.  Many kids had filled water bottles with rocks and bread to try to catch the fish.  The day after we went to a beach that had much bigger black rocks instead of sand, and there the water was extremely clear as well.  There were a grouping of rocks underwater that we snorkeled around and saw even more kinds of fish, and bigger ones too.
One night we went up to a town called Mojacar that is this little town in the mountains and every building is white.  It was incredible.  There were a lot of little streets and alleys everywhere and a lot of stairs.  Then we had dinner at a restaurant at the top that overlooked everywhere.  After this night I was feeling very good because my host parents and me talked a lot and everything was in Spanish.  It was very satisfying, like I had actually improved since I got here.  The next night we brought our dinner with us on a beach called La Playa de Negro because the sand is black.  It was magnificent.  The water is so warm but there is always a breeze the blows through that keeps it cool.
So far everything I have seen in Spain is absolutely gorgeous.  It is unlike anything in America, just the landscape alone nevermind the culture.  It has been hard at first with the language barrier, but the nights always seem to cure any hesitation during the day.  Maybe the language part of my brain functions a lot better at night, who knows.