Instead of spending last Sunday lazing around the house as usual, I actually did something fun! A group of 11 of us went to a beautiful, peaceful little place up in the mountains called Las Rozas. It's about an hour away from Almería just outside of a little town called Abrucena.
We loaded up the cars and left Almería around noon to get there at about 1. The guys immediately started gathering sticks and such for the BBQ pit while we girls went down to check out the "river," which like all the other rivers that I've seen here in Andalucía, was essentially dried up. We hiked around a bit and managed to get some really good pictures. I didn't have my camera or my phone with me so I had to steal pictures from María Jesús, the picture queen!
While we were exploring the guys had been grilling, and shortly after coming back, we enjoyed a nice little lunch of ribs, pork loin, burgers, and chorizo. Mmmmm so healthy!
The girls awaiting the BBQ
(L to R), Me María Jesús, Trini, Ana (I think? haha), and Stefi
After lunch and little down time to let our food digest, we headed over to a small basketball court to play 21 (of course with a soccer ball...ughhh). Despite the fact that I was in a little sun dress and flip-flops, I got second place! The guys were impressed with the fact that I actually knew how to shoot and it was, of course, because I come from the land of the NBA haha.
During the game of 21, somebody got the ball stuck in the tree. In the process of trying to knock it out by throwing big rocks at it and shaking the tree, a rock a little bigger than the size of a softball fell from the tree and hit Vicente in the face! It was scary at first because we all thought he was gonna be like bleeding profusely, but he just had 2 cuts, one on his forehead and one on his nose. Reminded me of the time I ate it on 6th street and had enormous scrapes on my face the day before starting my new job as a waitress at a restaurant in Georgetown hahaha!
The guys getting ready to cook
(L to R): Vicente, Javi, JuanFra, Alberto, Manolo, and Endika in front
(L to R): Vicente, Javi, JuanFra, Alberto, Manolo, and Endika in front
Much to the guys' liking and my disliking, once all the little kids got off the pista de fútbol sala (a concrete "soccer field" that's about the size of a basketball court or maybe a little smaller), we moved up there to play some soccer. I would've much rather kept playing basketball as I actually know how to play, but of course, as I was with 10 Spaniards, there was no chance of me NOT getting outvoted.
We played soccer for about an hour or so and I sucked more than usual thanks largely in part to my attire and footwear. No one mentioned to me that there was a basketball court or soccer field before we left...in fact, all I knew was that there was a river, so I came in bathing suit and all! haha oops. When we finished playing soccer around 6PM, we cleaned up, packed up, and headed out so all the guys could get back in time to shower and head to the stadium to watch the Almería game.
While I had woken up that morning without much desire to go to Las Rozas, I was definitely glad that I did. The weather was perfect, it was relaxing, and the change of scenery from the beach to the mountains was nice. I hope that we continue to plan little outings like this so I can see more of Almería province. And next time, I'll be more appropriately dressed!
Cooking! yummm
Stefi and I at one of the few places where there was actually water in the river
Say Patataaas! (in Spain it's "patatas" instead of "cheese")
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