Que tengas buen domingo

Quick entry for Sunday. Slept in until 10:30 (which still only gave me about 5 hours of sleep) and got ready in order to head out to the Valencian beach: La Malva Rosa. We had to walk around a bit to find the right bus stop that would take us to the beach, and it took us at least 30 minutes to get there once we boarded. We were supposed to meet a friend there, but we found out quite soon that the Valencia beach is huge. We stopped and got some refreshments, and witnessed an old man setting fireworks off on the sidewalk, and then found a nice plot of sand. The thing about Valencia beaches is that the women prefer to go topless. This is fine, until you see mothers and grandmothers doing the same. But for the most part, everyone on the beach is really tan and in shape... nothing like American beaches. The Valencian's are expert beach goers.

Once we got on the beach, I went and walked to try and find our friend. Thank god for free messaging through facebook on our phones: we messaged each other back and forth pointing out landmarks we passed (bulldozers, volleyball courts, saxophonists) until we finally found each other. Basically the day consisted of eating our bocadillos, laying/sleeping in the sun, wading in the Mediterranean, and getting stared at. Still it was a great day that is likely to become a bit of a Sunday tradition... it's a good time to catch up on sleep lost from the nights of the weekend.

Made our way home pretty easily on the bus. The day was pretty exhausting still just from being out in the sun. Got home, checked out my sun burn (did a great job with the sunscreen but forgot to put any on the sides of my body... you can imagine how that looks. It's not too bad thought), and ate dinner with Mery (my host mom- she insists on being called this). She made me a traditional tortilla de patata (kind of like an omelet with potatoes and onion). It was pretty good, kind of salty. I have noticed that a lot of the food she prepares is fairly salty, but it's good nonetheless. Went to bed fairly early, thus ending my first weekend in Valencia.

No photos since I didn't bring my camera to the beach (although most of the shots would be slightly inappropriate even if I did), so here is a quick clip of the fireworks I mentioned earlier. It scared the crap out of us when they started going off.