Semana Santa

I've been enjoying the sun and the beach for the past 6 days. Last Friday I left for the South of Spain to spend my spring break. My friend Sondie was able to transfer her parent's time share to a little city near Malaga and they let us all go stay there for the week. We took a 6 hour bus ride down and it was delayed at every point possible. We got into Malaga pretty late and had to take a taxi to our resort. We went to sleep and the next morning got up early to enjoy the sun. We layed out by the pool, explored the town a little, and had lots of fun cooking in our very own kitchen. We made a big dinner Saturday night and sat outside on the patio eating and talking. Sunday we headed to the beach and spent the majority of the day relaxing next to the ocean and eating ice cream. That evening we made a mexican feast and later that night Christy got there! Monday, me and Christy went into Malaga to see some of the processions for Semana Santa. Sondie wasn't feeling too well so her and Kara stayed behind and rested. Me and Christy had a great time. It was so interesting to see the celebrations. The entire city came out to watch hundreds of people dressed in robes resembling the KKK walk down the middle of the street carying these floats. Some of the floats needed up to 150 people to lift them! We had to get there pretty early to get a good spot, but it was definitly worth it. Tuesday we were supposed to go to Gibralter for the day on organized excursion with our resort. They called Monday night and told us there weren't enough people and the excursion was canceled. I was bumed but we decided to go to a beach instead. The resort people recomended one of the best beaches on the costa del sur and even drove us there in the resort's mini bus. The wind was pretty intense that day but we found a good sunny spot and stretched out our blanket. Later, I went for a run and got really lost in these hilly neighborhoods. I got a good little tour of the town! Late Tuesday night our friend Ryan was getting into Malaga and was going to stay at our resort for the night. We were all exausted but managed to stay awake until he got there. Our mini bus driver from Tuesday recomended that we go to a little town not to far away called Mijas Pueblo. We had nothing to do Wednesday so we decided to check it out. We had to take two busses to get there and it took forever...but it was so beautiful. The town is exactly what you think of when you think of Spain. There are white washed buildings and donkeys on the streets. It is built into the mountains and the views are spectacular. We spent all day walking around and looking in museums and at the views. Then we went back to our room and freshened up for a dinner in town. We ate at a Mexican restaurant that was not nearly as good as when we cooked Mexican food for ourselves. This morning I left at the crack of dawn to catch my bus back to Madrid. This city is compleatly empty. Everyone is on vacation somewhere warm! Tomorrow I leave at 4 in the morning to go to Rome to meet Emily! I'll fill you in when we get back!