Dear readers,
Yes, I know that I've technically been living on the "north coast" of Africa for the past five weeks, but for whatever reason most people don't count Alexandria as being "the north coast". I mention this because recently I was able to visit the actual, for-real-this-time north coast over a weekend! Which meant: a luxurious five-star resort, and a day and a half of beautiful beach time!!
Here's the hotel lobby:
Here's what our room looked like:
And here is the BEAUTIFUL view of the Mediterranean from our room's balcony:
The weather was phenomenal while I was there -- not too hot, maybe a little on the windy side. The sea was pretty rough, but that could have been because the tide was coming in when we were swimming. It was also very salty compared to the Atlantic/Pacific, and, as you can see from the photo, VERY blue. I thought they digitally altered those pictures to make the ocean bluer, but it turns out they don't!
We had an awesome, relaxing time while we were there, and the food was really good too. Very little homework, lots of relaxing. I tried to study vocabulary that I should have learned weeks earlier, but doing homework on such a beautiful beach is nearly impossible. I ended up just swimming and taking leisurely walks with my friends.
It's back to the grindstone tonight and tomorrow night and on and on etc, but I feel energized now that I've had such a relaxing weekend!
More later --
- Beth C-C
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