Miles from Ordinary: Part Dos

When you're on an island, what do you do? What every other person and college kid would do...park their butt on the sand and get their tan on. I seriously felt like I was in a Corona commerical, you know the "miles away from ordinary" commercials, yeah, it was like that. Except I didn't throw my cell phone into the water. The beaches were gorgeous, the day started off cloudy again and really windy, like think Lubbock, TX windy. We walked around awhile and went down one end of the beach to the side before deciding on a spot to just lay and relax. Oh just because you're on an island, doesn't mean the water is warm. The Canaries are in the Atlantic, the sun was hot, the water was brisk. The water had this intense color of blue, as it became more shallow, the more intense the blue became, it changed from a royal blue to a teal blue. I swear, I felt like I was England or in Germany with the amount of tourists that took over the beach, all I can say is that old guys in speedos should be permanently banned from the world. But hey, it's Europe, they just don't generally care over here, which is cool though, cause America is so looks driven.

After baking on the beach all day, Colten was like, "dude, let's go to Hooters." Thank you America. However, I was disappointed to say that the food wasn't awesome as in America and the waitresses were subpar, except for this one Spanish girl. Later one, we go back for dinner at this place called Aberdeen Steakhouse. You're probably thinking, "oh wow, expensive, Lance." Not really, For 7.95 euro a piece, we each got a 3 course meal. I got fish with garlic and tomato, it was excellent. Some of the best fish I've had or either I was really really hungry. In between all of this we, decide to go hang out and watch the sunset, except the sun is blocked by the island of La Gomera on the other side, however you can see just enough of it to be highly impressed.

The next day was our last day and we were due back in Sevilla late that night. However that day we missed our bus to El Teide, the volcano that's on the island by a few minutes. However it gives me something to go back and see. So my buddy and I hop on buses and ride around all day hitting the towns of Puerto de La Cruz, which is very Spanish feeling and rugged, how I imagine northern Spain to be. The second town was the capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Santa Cruz has a whole different flair to it than either of the other towns we were in. Santa Cruz has a concert hall designed by some really famous architect and some buildings from the late 17th, 18th century which are cool. I think one of the highlights of the day was seeing black sand beaches and then eating paella at a cafe next to said beaches, watching the waves roll in and crash on the rocks.

We catch a bus towards the end of the day and head back to Tenerife North Airport and get checked in and in line we meet a girl named Holly from Long Island, NY. We meet her in line because we got this look in our eyes when we saw passports that say...Good, another American and not another English or German tourist. We talk to her for awhile and then board the plane. On the plane, I sit next to a nun, who is praying the rosary and probably St. Christopher before our takeoff. Also there was a flamenco group from Sevilla, who probably performed at Mueca, the international festival in Puerto. The said group was also playing their instruments while we were waiting in the Airport. Only in Spain, Only Andalucians. Finally, an entire soccer team, Cordoba S.A.D. boards on the plane. Sounds like a joke..."so a nun, a football team, and a flamenco band walk into this bar..."

We get back to Sevilla around 12:30 in the morning and I don't get home till 1:15 and I don't get into bed until 3 because I have do a thing called schoolwork. But on our walk back home, Colten and I walk Holly back to her apartment, because we all generally live in the same area. To summarize that, we made a new friend and we can hang out with her and her friends. Awesome.

Viva la vida.

So next week look for a Dublin and Semana Santa update.