Torremilenos!
Yeah, I've been to the Mediterranean
03.08.2005
Hey everyone-
So today was a ridiculously early day for me. Up at 7:30 and out of Granada by 8:30. We were in Torremilenos (I finally nailed that spelling down) by 10. For you geography buffs out there its right to the west of Málaga. We were on the beach by noon.
I think it was by far one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever been on. To begin with the sand was ridiculously hot, which is a pretty big minus. I mean so hot you'd have to run from the shade of the umbrella to the waters edge and it'd still hurt. But the water was green and I was surrounded by mountains. Off to the west you could see the Spanish side of the strait of Gibraltar and it was just picturesque. I bought a little inflatable raft and took it out past where the surf was breaking and it was about as calm as a lake. I just lied there all day in the sun on my raft on the Med. I mean all day too, My mother and Grandmother for the most part stayed on the beach, I stayed in/on the water. When it got hot on my little raft I'd roll into the Med, swim under it and get back on. There was no riptide so you could close your eyes for like minutes at a time and not have moved anywhere. It was gorgeous.
The disastrous part for me was that my mother brought only SPF 4 and granny brought SPF 0, which is also known as the Mediterranean sea, so I burned to a crisp. Its kinda bad, I'm in a lot of pain now and will definitely be wearing a lot of 45 tomorrow, but I wouldn't trade it for anything, it was picturesque. I can't even describe it.
The funniest part of the day had to be my grandmother trying to get into the Med. The surf was gentle, but you had to get out past more than 10 feet where it was pretty rough. Well she went about 5 feet and then said she was ok. It was then that I saw the three biggest waves I had seen all day approach her. The first one took her down and the second two sent her tumbling. She was yelling she was ok, so I hesitated for about 10 seconds before I went back in to help her. She's alright now, so in retrospect its funny (she thinks its hilarious), but at the time people (including myself, my mom and half the beach) thougth maybe it was a serious problem. Granny left the beach about 15 minutes after that incident.
The Hotel is gorgeous with a great view. I Took some good pictures of that, so they will be up when I get back to Madrid. I will remember to bring my camera to the beach with me tomorrow so you can all see me "chillaxin" on the Med tomorrow.
Its about 11 and I'm wiped, though I Think I'm going to head down to the Terrace Bar for a drink with people a little closer to my age. I miss you all a real lot and love the emails I've gotten from you. Please keep them coming.
Saludos.
Posted by JohnnyPing 13:58 Archived in Spain
