Churros, El Rio, La Playa

Firstly, I must tell you of this delicious treat that I believe came from heaven. The picture below is a hot, fresh-out-of-the-whatever-they-cook-it-in churro, dipped in liquid chocolate (the spanish version of hot chocolate). Some friends and I were walking home last night when we came upon a chocolate shop. We ended up ordering 12 churros and 2 mugs of chocolate to split.. I waddled home.



After the churros and a nap, we all went out to a local bar called O'haras and got some drinks then later went to dance at a place called Bolseria. Very fun night. Here is a pic of Grace and I with two of our other friends, Caroline and Suzanne.



And this is a picture of Grace, Laura and I at the "Rio", which is a dried up river bed that they turned into a park. It runs all through the city and is full of soccer fields, huge playgrounds, skate parks, ponds, and all sort of monuments, etc. It is beautiful and always full of people. Yesterday we walked through the Rio on our way to the Museo de Fallas, which is all about the Fallas Festival which is going to be here during our spring break in March. I don't think I can explain it well enough, so I encourage all to look it up on Google. It is supposed to be INSANE!



Today a big group of us took a trip down to the beach, which is like a 20 minute tram ride. It was a little cloudy at first but it cleared up and we had a great time.. first time at the Mediterranean Sea! The beach is huge and the sand is very fine and soft. The water was freezing.. but of course we had a few who decided to take a dip. We also got a 5v5 soccer game going and later some of us went up to get coffee and wine at a little cafe. The sun was setting as we were leaving and it was absolutely gorgeous! (The pictures don't do it justice.)





Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the blogging! Email me (britt.mack@gmail.com) and tell me about your lives!