fotos VII: a weekend in Almuñecar

I spent last weekend with a couple of girls from my program and some local friends in the pueblo of Almuñecar on the Mediterranean. We stayed in a beach house about 100 meters from the ocean--it was wonderful.


We spent a few hours lying on this beach, soaking up the rays before heading out to have some lunch at one of the local dives.


The ruins of a Roman fish-salting plant. If there´s one thing the Spanish love almost as much as ham, it's salty, salty fish.


An unholy combination of the two most popular Spanish past-times: ham and mullets. It´s a little hard to tell, but our friend the mounted pig is wearing a green Christmas garland mullet. Ahhh, Spain.



A view of one of the many beaches in Almuñecar.


Sunset on the Mediterranean.


The street by the beach house.


More of the sunset...what a spectacular sight.


On our way home we met a friendly, if slightly creepy, clown at the local Mickey-D's. After 8 weeks in Spain, McDonald's is culinary perfection for homesick Americans.


The view from the mountain* in Almuñecar.
[*Really just a big rocky hill that jutted out into the ocean, but in Spain...]


The Mediterranean was as turquoise and clear as I had imagined, and much more vast than maps and globes imply.


Another view from the mountain.


Our sun-bathing beach, as seen from above.