A visitor in Alicante

Since Evan let me stay at his house during my visit to Madrid two weekends ago, I returned the favor when he wanted to come down to see Alicante.
I was going to show him around when he came down Saturday afternoon, but for the first time that week the weather decided to NOT be nice and we went home to avoid the rain. Later that night, we went out to see a play by Luis's old theater group and then we went played Spanish Trivial Pursuit with some of Luis's friends (that I'd met once before) and after that, we met up with Javi, Carlos, and a few other guys for a game of bowling.

Sunday, Cassie and Maddy came down to Alicante like we had discussed and the 4 of us spent the day on the beach: playing volleyball, swimming in the freezing water (now I get why my host parents say it's better to wait til June to swim...haha), and just relaxing. After we dropped the girls off at the bus station, we headed to Panoramis and saw the amazing new Star Trek movie (in Spanish of course).

Evan, Maddy, Cassie, and me on the beach.

Monday was the big day. Since Valencia is so close, Evan wanted to see it and since I hadn't really been there either, we made a day trip. All we ended up having time to see was the City of Arts and Sciences, which is the big thing in Valencia. There's an art museum, IMAX theater, science museum, garden, and aquarium. We saw a movie about the Alps in the IMAX (with cool headsets that let you choose your language: Spanish, Valenciano, English, or French) and then checked out the Science Museum. We thought about going to the aquarium but since that was another 18€ (and that was with a student discount!), we decided not to and spent more time leisurely in the Science Museum.

Various shots of the City of Arts and Sciences.

Unfortunately, Tuesday I had to go back to school, especially after skipping Monday to go to Valencia, so I left early but Evan had learned the bus route from when we'd used it, so he got himself up and off to the train station (and even had time to stop at the castle before he went, which was good, because it's one of the really good things to see in Alicante, and we hadn't figured out how to fit it in the schedule very well.).

All in all, a good weekend.

Currently listening to:
Song: Uprising Down Under
Artist: Sam Roberts
Album: Chemical City