Salobreña

Since there are so many beaches only a bus ride away, Nick and I finally decided to take a trip for ourselves. After missing the 9am bus we were supposed to take because of a misunderstanding with daylight savings which for Spain is today, we hopped on the next earliest bus to Almuñecar at 11. After an hour went by, we arrived at what we thought was Almuñecar beach where we planned to spend our day. But it turns out, we got off the wrong stop and actually ended up in Salobreña which is also a beach. There were probably around 10 people total on the beach because it wasn't the warmest or sunniest of days. We laid out right near the water, relaxed and stuck our toes in the Mediterranean Sea! After taking a quick nap, I woke up to what looked like rain clouds and the wind was getting colder so Nick and I decided to find a place to take cover for the next couple of hours. Right outside the beach we found this restaurant called Carne en la Piedra which means meat on a stone. This restaurant serves you marinated and seasoned steak, pork, chicken and fish and veggies along with a very hot stone to cook your own meat on! It was the best meal i've had in awhile, I can't even remember the last time I had steak. Each piece was cooked perfectly because we got to do it ourselves. We have to go back to Salobreña just for the steak. It was so different and personally in my opinion genius. While we were there, we talked to a funny waiter with very good English for awhile and saw an adorable puppy wandering the streets. After feeding and playing with the puppy for awhile, the couple eating at the table next to us ended up taking him home with them. On our way back to the bus station, I realized I had way too much food left because we didn't plan on eating out so we wen't back to the duck park to feed the birds. There were SO many, there were actually a few close calls but so worth it. Even though the weather wasn't perfect, we had a great time & can't wait to go back!