Miami Hotel Torremolinos

... Today was a day of reflection on what I did last night, and also on the month that I have been here. In all honesty, I should have led this month much different. I have not quite been myself because I have been so stressed by not knowing the language of the people that I am surrounded by and because Malaga has not been what I expected it to be. Right now I do not feel very connected to Malaga and I pray that this changes. On my day of ...

... Real Andalucia), Marbella won´t spring to mind at all.......... Ronda for sure and maybe nowadays Malaga as well, as they have done up the City center!

In all the building boom over the last 15 years, the Quaint Old Town of Marbella has not been
touched at all and this beautiful authentic small Andalusian fishing village, called Marbella, still remains in tact!

One can feel the new rush into the Old ...

Malaga oh Malaga. Today we met some locals through an intercabio at a Indian style cafe and it was pretty neat. I am realizing how little Spanish I know and how fast the Spaniards talk. So far I like my classes. We stay in the same room while three different teachers come in throughout the day. The biggest shock about Spain for me was that people ...

... That is really what they did both days actually. I am an English Conversation Assistant but they are giving me way more responsibility than that. I haven´t been introduced to all of the professors I´m going to be working with yet and this terrible man, Fernando, who is in charge of scheduling and stuff has been so mean and unhelpful. I told him that I would like to observe the classes and talk to the teachers to have an idea of what they are doing ...

... asked the hostel owners if I could get a discount since I’ll be staying for a week and they agreed to a very small one. I’ll still be paying about 150€ total to stay the week here, which is A LOT for me…

Tomorrow I’ve made appointments to check out some more apartments in Málaga so that I have more options.

Yesterday was all rainy so I took that opportunity to catch up on sleep and read. I am reading ¨Under the Banner of Heaven ...

... ah Dia" or something like that is the only one I can repeat here since I know polite people are reading this. The woman in the Mercedes wasn´t budging still after about five minutes of this. You'd think a giant bus on your butt and other people honking would give you a clue but this woman was oblivious to everyone. I noticed people getting out of their cars and on cue people on the bus started getting up, too.

The ...

... ga meeldiva mulje, koguni tõime seda võrdluseks mitmete järgnevate sihtkohtade puhul. Armsad kitsad tänavad, kus majad on kaunistatud lillepottide ja kõiksugu ronivate taimedega – sellist pilti juba igas linnas ei näinud. Samuti oli lahe mere äärde jalutades teele jäänud park, mis oli nagu džungel keset linna. Igalpool oli lugematu arv purskkaevusid ja armsaid kohvikuid ...

... but my exhaustion made it difficult.
What I can remember were the plain, square buildings in need of paint, trash covering the highway and walls covered with graffiti. The road wound through steep, dusty hills covered with low shrubs and occasionally dotted with a white-washed house. Looking down into one valley, I saw a shepherd walking with his herd of goats.
Nerves only increased as we were given the names of the señoras who would ...

... then his in Washington. They were all super excited. I'm still to find out who won the bets my family had going or if there was money involved. Later, I decided, getting engaged on Southern Spain's Mediterranean beach surrounded by the lights of the Costa del Sol sure topped anything I'd seen back when I'd watch "Perfect Proposal" on TLC at high school softball team meals :) Needless to say, I felt blessed.