Nerja

How I actually ended up in Nerja is a story in itself - here it goes. Stefany (SU student/housemate/ridiculous Boricua) and I signed up for a hike about 2hrs from school. We were the first to sign up. It consisted of hiking the mountain, cute little Spanish lunch, some class and pool time. Sounds perfect! (despite the fact it was from 9am -8pm). We arrive at school and we see the bus pulling off. Stefany runs to the bus and gets the drivers attention (sidenote: we're 3 minutes late, we're Caribbean it's the best we could do AND since when are the Spanish punctual?? Jamás! - I will not even indulge that thought at the moment. Anyways, we get the drivers attention and then he stops the bus and tells us we did not pay the day before so they took our names off the list. Clearly I became immediately enraged - hear me out. The Spanish explain nothing. I am not sure if they think we are all mind readers, but my school is horrible with that. Like true Americans we ask questions all day everyday. Specifically asked the secretary do we pay today or what? His response "No, paga el día del viaje" - ok fine. WRONG. So the bus is full we cannot go on the trip, we are absolutely heartbroken. So we go to our FAVORITE professor (we are actually obsessed with her- it's completely fine). We pull Bélen out of class and tell her the whole story and she says to us "Estar enfadada (Spain doesn't use "Enojarse") por 5 minutos y punto!" Then we're like now our absence isn't excused and we don't have books or anything. Like the angel she is she says "Shhh, go take your own trip y tell me all about it on Monday" CLEARLY this is just another reason of why we love her so much and are completely obsessed - again it's completely fine :).

So... We are annoyed for 5 minutes y no más! Then we decided ¡Vamos a Nerja! Nerja is about 2hrs south of Málaga and even hotter. This town is completely surrounded by beaches and mountains. BEAUTIFUL (as you will soon see)

While trekking along we end up here^^

There is no other way to describe this beach as nothing short of beautiful. The beach is secluded and not a touristy spot. It was so amazing and peaceful. I could not tell which was the sky and which was the ocean. Laying in our cabanas and looking out all I could do was talk to God. To see his hand in everything I felt so happy. I also felt a surge of humility invade my soul. In that moment I truly knew I was blessed to be 20 years old, a college senior and in Spain studying for four months. The happiness I felt I cant describe in words. 

See what I mean?!?

I cannot say enough how stunning this town is! And I have more pictures!

These homes look just like the ones in Greece. 

Everything in this town was also so cheap (blessing). We were so close to the ocean there was no way I would not have seafood. For an early dinner I had a Rosada Frita (Fried White Huss) - Delicioso! . Also we had a pitcher of Sangria only 7 euros

 

Since I have an innate quality for finding cheap and delicious food and drink, on our way to the bus stop we found a little place that had "Cana"(House beer) for 1.30 and it came with food - Winning!

Welp, that was my trip to Nerja and I loved every minute of it. We ended up getting home at midnight - Needless to say I was exhausted and crashed in my bed on a Friday night :) (it happens).

Happy Reading,

Fabiola