I had the most fantastic day yesterday! My friends Elle, Sarah and I ventured to Almuñecar, a beach about an hour and a half away from Granada by bus. With a couple of transportation mishaps (we are now experts!), we arrived at Almuñecar by about 11:15 a.m. We walked down by the beach to find our perfect laying out location, and happened upon a couple of restaurants with outdoor seating right on the beach! So of course we stopped for a bloody mary in the sunshine, and then proceeded to stake out our spot with our towels.
It was about 65 degrees and sunny, so it was perfect to lay out and soak up the sun (don't worry, I wore sunscreen!). I dipped my toes in the water, just to say that I touched the MEDITERRANEAN SEA, but it was freezing- the actual swimming will have to wait another month.
By about 4:30 p.m., it was starting to get a little chilly in just our bathing suits, so we covered back up and went in a couple of shops, walked around, and got some ice cream before heading back on the 8 p.m. bus to Granada.
[Travel Plans]
Well, I think I have spent all the money I can, so my travel schedule is about finalized! If you're interested, here is where I'm planning to go:
- February: Rome (with API), Parque Nacional Cabañeros (camping trip with my geography class)
- March: Dublin (with five friends), Parque Natural de las Lagunas de Ruidera (camping trip with my geography class)
- April: Spring Break (Zurich Switzerland, Freiburg Germany and Paris France), Athens Greece (with a couple friends on a long weekend from school)
- May: Cádiz (a Spanish city with API), After-program travel (to Paris and London with Brianna)
If anyone has been to any of these locations and has any suggestions to share, I would love to hear about them! Especially Rome, because my friends and I have to do all of the historical visit-planning ourselves and it is quite overwhelming!
Love, Haley
Sounds like an amazing day! What sort of travel mishaps did you run into? And where exactly is this beach in relation to Granada?
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Well, you have to know which side of the street to take the bus to the bus station first, then second, the bus at the bus station was cancelled but they never told us!!! So we were supposed to take the 9 a.m. bus to Almuñecar but we had to take the 10 a.m. one instead, still worth it!!
ReplyDeleteAnd Almuñecar was only a little over an hour's bus ride from the Granada station, go to alsa.es and type it in as your destination from Granada to see! :)