Work at Its Finest

After the luggage fiasco (if you missed the story check it out here!) our Spain portion of the trip turned into a much more pleasant one.

Vacationing with work, especially when at a beach resort, means really just sitting by the pool and beach. Sounds awful, right? I find it a bit odd that they feel the need to trek to Europe to do the same thing we can do in Florida but it doesn't make for a nice change of scenery and you get to meet some fun Europeans.

Spanish kitty!

The rest of Spain consisted of pool lounging, sand-castle building and a trip to see some crazy yachts. We don't do sight-seeing in Spain, but we do eat in the nearby towns which meant going to Marbella, Puerto Banus and a cute little town called Benahavis.

 

pool lounging at it's finest

sand castle builder

 

funny enough I took the same picture last year, at the same restaurant.. this years was not as good

2013's version

a birthday present for me? you shouldn't have..

 

 

weird stuffed horse in Benahavis restaurant

Work did forget my birthday which sucked- a lot, not the best way to celebrate- that is for sure. They did make it up (after I had to remind them it was in fact my birthday) by taking me to a lovely traditional Spanish Paella restaurant where I think I had the best food of the entire trip. It certainly had the most delicious sangria I have ever tasted.

birthday date

birthday flowers and wine from the hotel- they remembered!

Spain was lovely- just as it was last year. We stayed at the sister resort of our place from last year (Marriott's apartments/hotel). The weather was perfection. I definitely would love to go back someday and see some of the local sites as well as other cities.

this was the "I don't want to get up! oh wait there is a camera- cheese!"

Now on to Paris!
 

summertime and the living is easy

Another Monday, another beautiful weekend over.. Summertime in NYC brings so many great things- concerts, outdoor seating, and the wonderful Coney Island.

That was my Saturday this weekend- trekking to Coney Island and having a wonderful time with my ridiculously awesome friends. Although our intentions were to ride some rides, eat delicious greasy food and possible touch the beach it turned into more of a lay on the beach, relax on the sand, drink a margarita, and eat a hot dog kind of day. no complaints here- seriously.

Coney Island is a great atmosphere- I try to head down there at least once every summer. We hit up Nathan's and even got a free giant beer from a stranger, win! I enjoyed every second of our beach time, and the hour + ride home. The girls even came over after to watch Mean Girls and kill a few bottles of wine. Basically a perfect day in my book.

Sunday was lazy lazy lazy- I met up with a few peeps for brunch, then came home and just chilled. Much needed- happy to do it. Actually I watched a few cute movies on Netflix- one called The Forger starring a younger Josh Hutcherson and Hayden P, and another interesting one called Timer. And side note- Friday I finally watched Iron Man 3. Plus if you haven't watched The Impossible yet- add it your list of movies to make you cry- pretty sure I did at least five times, and I already knew the outcome of the movie.

Anyways another crazy week ahead - be strong! The weekend is only 5 days away!

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