Subir-ing that montana...

27 Nov 2011

As with any Thanksgiving celebration, days after we STILL have leftovers. So today, I got together with an American friend to try to finish up some of our Thanksgiving leftovers.

We started with some leftover salad because almost no one ate any of the salad at our Thanksgiving meal. We also made grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato and cucumber slices. Then, for dessert, we finished off the sweet potato pie and ice cream.

We were stuffed after lunch! So we decided to wander around Alicante in order to walk it off...

In doing so, we inadvertently subir-ed (walked up) the mountain.

We started our stroll by the beach because it's still incredibly nice outside. Most days, it's about 65 degrees F.

Look at that beach! Isn't it beautiful?

After leaving the beach, we wandered around the barrio (the old neighborhood). Here, we stumbled upon some amazing graffiti.

I like this one in particular. It says: Painting graffiti is prohibited.

In some ways, I enjoy seeing graffiti more than going to art museums. Graffiti tells you what people are thinking and how they are feeling in a way that mainstream art never will. Mainstream art is created to be sold, and so it has to conform to what people are willing to buy. Graffiti is done as a form of pure expression. An arena in which no one (at least initially) can censor you.

As we walked through the barrio, I saw a cute little white church that I wanted to see. So we took a path that we thought would lead us to the church.

Instead, it led us to the wall of the castle, and we made the decision to walk up to the main part of the castle.  The sun was just starting to set--which gave us one of the most beautiful views of Alicante.

The Castle! 

Que bella!