I feel for those reading in Alberta under a snowfall warning. April is a hard month to live in the rockies so I hope it doesn't last long. Sending you sun and warmth.
We started the morning with a casual breakfast on the patio. We are so European with our baguettes and cheese!! We then took a nice stroll down the beach boardwalk. We saw the typical sites you would expect to see (nude sunbathers, packs of old men in speedos playing bocci) and things I had never seen before (volleyball played with a tennis ball and just hands, a tennis-squash hybrid played in a plastic box but outside. There is a crazy beach culture here and everyone is bronzed, drunk or topless! When in Barcelona... Not happening!!
We had a lovely lunch with uncle Dave and aunt aurora. It was so nice to see them and have a conversation in English! Mike and I were realizing we haven't spoke to many people other than each other. We had lunch on a patio overlooking the ocean and it was delicious! everyone is out to get your money here an we do look forward to getting out of the touristy areas and into smaller towns. While on the beach every 5 minutes you are harassed by a lady who wants to give you a massage... And doesn't take no for an answer. I almost kicked when she started touching me. She figured it out quickly then that I wasn't interested! Men walk up and down selling mohitos (think...like the vendors at baseball games). Even after lunch at the nice restaurant two girls in the staff uniform come up to your tablet and offer you massages. I guess I am employable all around the world!
There was a little farmers market across from our flat and we got some yummy beer goat cheese (guess whose pick that was!) and some meat pies and tarts for dinner. we decided to go to the beach for a bit ourselves in the late afternoon. It felt so good to be on a beach. We didn't spend too much time as we didn't want to burn.
It is now 730 and this city is still alive and bustling. It doesn't really sleep. Dinners start at 830 and night life goes from midnight until 6 am!! We are both feeling pretty good today, though mike didn't sleep much last night.
Time to think about dinner...me eating dinner at 8?? I am embracing the culture :)
Xo
Do the vendors take Traveler's Cheques though? :P
ReplyDeleteI am finally reading the blog! it's been lonely here in the spa without you...thankfully i was distracted by vacation for a week. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm drooling over the talk of baguettes and cheese right now as i dreadfully watch the desk at work.
Sounds like a sunny start! I'm tres jealous...