Nerja!

My ability to keep up with my blog is getting a bit harder each day. I guess that's a good thing but I want to tell everyone about my adventures!

This past weekend we traveled to Nerja, a costal city filled with amazing beaches (unfortunately no cliffs) and the worlds best paella. We were most definitely on vacation, rather than an educational excursion, but I was not about to complain. Everyone in the city was from the UK or somewhere near it, and it was a bit refreshing knowing everyone around you was struggling with the languages as well; still there was no English channels to be found besides BBC (Home Alone was even in Spanish) so we all became huge fans of the Spanish Basketball and futbol team.

We also went to La Cueva de Nerja (a cave) which was absolutely amazing. The cave was the size of a small stadium and looked like a drip castle on the inside. Water is even still dripping from the rocks. Unfortunately it's another one of those things that a description will only go so far...

Nothing feels as good as being in the Mediterranean feels. I wish I could take a bit of it home to share with everyone! What I did happen to snag though was some of the amazing rocks from the beach. They are all perfectly smooth and round and nothing like I have ever seen in Long Island.

We went to a restaurant at the beach called El Ayo, which apparently belongs to a famous Spanish chef; the paella most certainly reflects his skills in the kitchen. The Spanish cook their shrimp whole and you basically have to open it like a lobster. Of course when I attempted to do this it exploded all over me. As Fatima said, I got a free souvenir from Nerja.

It's Fashion Week in NYC and although I wouldn't be there even if I was home, I'm dressing this week in honor of it. No I don't have the designer clothes to match those of the runway, however, I feel if you look good, you feel good!

On that note, I am attempting to make a promise to myself to ease up on the pastries. Carmen of course brought me ice cream in bed during my siesta. She's an angel and devil's advocate all at once. I think I'm really starting to bond with Carmen and Alejandra. Carmen helps me with my homework and shows me all of her old pictures, while Alejandra and I talk about Sex and the City and she shows me her belly dancing costumes and dances. They've made me feel so welcome in their home and I cannot wait to find the perfect way to repay them (aside from being a complete angel)

Not much else is new; I am going to be truly disappointed when this tan goes away. It'll be the last hope for the endless summer...