Alicante


 Alicante is an old school beach paradise. Alicante is in the south east of Spain on the Mediterranean and is a favorite summer destination for Spaniards. According to Sandra, each country in Europe has it´s popular destinations in Spain. Germas go to Mallorca, and the British go to Marbella. I have completely lost count of days here. We arrived on 8/9 and I have completely lost track of the day of the week and the time. Everything is a timeless mix of beach, pool, food, walks, and sleeping. The typical schedule is to wake up around 10 am. Make it to the beach by 12. Pool by around 2:30, lunch around 3:30, siesta from 5 to 6 (from all the exhausting activities of beach and pool), beach at 6, pool again at 8, tapas and dinner around 9:30. It´s easy to forget where you are and how you got there. We haven´t touched the car in 10 days. Everything is within walking distance.

On the way to the beach. Even adults need boogie boards and buckets.
 Out and about on a Saturday night in Alicante.
Tapeando

 Gin tonics on Saturday night.
There are some awesome translations in the menu. So far this is my favorite.

 Everyone is Spain plays ¨palas¨ or paddle on the beach. Everyone. So naturally we had to do it as well. When we first started we were lucky to get to 10, and now our new record when we have been counting is 59, but we have gotten more than that.
 Alicante is in the region known for its paellas. Here is a seafood paella.
 Aaaaaannnd 10 minutes later.
 This is picture of the condo complex where we are staying. It belongs to Sandra´s grandma and we are staying for free. It looks like it was built in the 70´s, but it´s still awesome. Olympic pool, tennis courts, mini golf.
Three more days here, then Madrid for a last hurah and back to real life.

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