So my week. Last weekend was lovely. Tea, Vicky, Emma and I all went on a Tapas Route around Almería. There was a festival, "Ruta de Tapas", and you received a wee map and got to go roun different establishments trying new tapas. If you spent so much money, you got one free, so it was an incentive for us to eat and drink lots! We had such a lovely time hunting out new places, I feel I know Cuatro Calles extremely well now....Cuatro Calles is four streets in the centre of town, with lots of bars, restaurants and clubs, visitors beware, you'll be spending a lot of time there =) After hunting out new places, we had a bit of a night out (I say a *bit*, we didn't go home until 5am...) and hunted out some new clubs, though it was disappointing....the music just wasn't up to home's standards, no cheese, nothing popular, just strange Spanish songs I didn't know....such is life living in Spain, I guess!
After a big late night Friday, Saturday was a sleepy mix of lazing around, watching telly, doing nothing....until about 3pm, when I met the lovely German girlies for helado by the playa =) After a bit of German banter (love that German is still around me/ that I'm still learning German in Spain...nerd!) I headed back home intending to sleep....but then Tea invited me out with her Spanish friends, and we had tapas and watched a really cool band in a tetoría in the old part of town. Tetorías are little cute arabic influenced tea houses, and the music was just my style.....a bit of jazz, a bit of reggae, it was great! Everyone else headed out into the calles for a night out, but I bailed at midnight, one all night fiesta a week is more than enough for me....getting old? Who?! Also I'd planned to go to the castle with Vicky and Emma, so I wanted to be all healthy!
Sunday morning came, and Vicky Emma and I headed up to the Alcazaba, Almeria's castle! It was really nice weather, and as we reached the castle it became increasingly hot! Thankfully no one burnt, but the weather is slowly getting stronger....and it's only the first of April today! The castle is amazing. It's the second largest Muslim fortress in the South of Spain, after the Alhambra of course! We walked around the gardens, the little buildings, and the castle's esplanade soaking in the sun and sights.
After a touristy hour or two in the castle, we walked through the little streets down to a tapas bar, where we had some lunch and then intended to go to the beach......after about 5 minutes on the beach, we realised the weather had gone from beautiful sun, to beautiful sun and gale force winds, so beach plans were abandoned.....and I went home and slept =) What a beautiful weekend!
And this week....I intended to do all the work ever to catch up....but the weather has been to nice! I managed to do the work needed for last week but my ignoring of the big summary for history I have to do by the end of the year is going spectacularly....I feel like giving up this history course....I don't need the credits, but I'm doing too many credits in case I fail something. Sometimes being a worrier is a sensible thing though, right =)
Now it's 11am and I've been quite productive so far today.....having Pizza and films with friends tomorrow night, and then Sunday Mum and Stephen arrive! I'm so excited to see them and share lovely places in Almería with them =)
Anyway, best go back to do something =) x
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