Mazarrón, Spain

Today, we decided to take a day trip to Mazarrón. The bus left this morning at 9:30am and it took about an hour and a half to get to the port city of Mazarrón. On the way there, the radio mentioned something about the earthquake in Chile and then started playing "We are the World." As cheesy as it may sound, at the moment, everyone on the bus went silent and was silent for the whole song. It was amazing to be driving through these little streets and seeing little beach towns and houses, but it was sad to think that in less than 20 minutes it could all be destroyed. Once we were at the port city, it was cloudy outside and because it was in off season, there weren't many people around. Basically, the summer beach town felt very apocalyptic.

 

Some of the streets and houses looked like this.

Some of them looked beautiful. 

A lot of the streets were lined with summer houses that were empty for the season. 

The only people on the beach were young surfers (surfing what, I don't know) and families. 

Overall, Mazarrón is the sort of town that comes alive in the summer from what the postcards and scenery make out. This photo is from google.

This week will be my final week to figure out my classes and credits. Technically, we should get our stipend tomorrow after a month of living out of our own pockets. By the end of the week, a post will be dedicated to classes and the beautiful campus.