15 Feb 2006 First Day in Spain
Here is the first day in Spain post, better late than never . . .So our first official day in Spain we didn't really do all that much - which was just what we were hoping. We got up around 9am, showered and went to eat our included breakfast. From there we went to check out the town & ocean. We took tons of photos on the beach to see them all click on the link for "my photos"
beautiful sea shells with ocean foam
beach walkway - notice the crazy looking lights - weird huh?!?!
Susan on the rock jetty at one end of the beach (our hotel is way in the background)
After our little exploration trip around the town and beach we decided to get our books and read outside in the sun by the outdoor pool - waaaaay too cold to go swimming but not bad for relaxing & reading we thought. Until we ran into our "friends". These were two woman in their 70s I'd say, both British, both a little hard of hearing and probably seeing as well. Not sure if they were sisters or friends, we thought sisters b/c of the way that they bickered, but ya never know. We wished we'd had our camera to take photos b/c they were on their 2nd double scotch on the rocks (that we saw them drink) when one of them lay down on the reclining beach chair in a rather unusual way (let's just say she was in a skirt and wasn't sitting lady like at all!) The two of them sat there not really looking at each other & complained about this and that and kept blaming the other for what was wrong with their trip. After awhile the sun had gone behind a cloud & we'd heard enough from these two little biddies, so we went inside to read where it was quieter and warmer. (after this "spotting" of them, we ran into them at all our meals & one time I had my camera so I pretended like we were taking a photo of the entrance to the dining hall but got them in it as well - they of course said, "is she taking a photo of us?" while I was doing it so Susan & I jumped into the lift asap b/c we were laughing so darn hard, since I was taking a photo of them!!
note they have their Scotch's in hand
Whistling noises from bikers while we were walking down the road
Stares from work men & men playing bocce ball (we over heard them say, "amigos, amigos de atenciÃn, mira a las chicas bonitas" aka look at the pretty girls)
A supermarket is called a "Supermercat" made me giggle!
At the Farmicia you can get, tooth whiteners, gum, candy, contact solution, condoms, hair dye, toothbrushes, but if you want plasters (band-aids) they are behind the counter and you have to ask for them - veryinterestingg when you only speak English!!! Luckily we found a photo of a first aid kit so we pointed to what we wanted.
Funny things we said:
Susan - "ya know the channel under the tunnel?" Do you mean the Chunnel??
Susan again - "when the time changes ya know?" Do you mean Daylights Saving time??
posted by Sara @ 1:24 pm
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