Spain. La Costa Blanca. Altea/La Villa Blanca. My new home is so beautiful. Altea is the most amazing place I have ever seen. From my second story balcony I can see parts of the "Old Town", a vast expanse of ocean, part of the next city north of me, and most spectacularily, the church. The church is very large and made of brown bricks and stone with two domes that both have a blue and white tile roof.
So, the city itself is wonderful. The old part of the town is incredible, there are tall, white buildings everywhere and tiny, winding little paths that are so easy to get lost in. AH! It is so hard to even do this place justice. All of the buildings have to be white, by law, and in the old town if you tear down one of the buildings you have to put everything on the outside in exactly the same spot.
People here walk almost everywhere. In my 8 days I have probably averaged almost 8 - 10 km of walking a day, a lot of which is uphill. So far all of the people I have met have been very friendly and super nice. I love my host family. Life is very different but they have been doing a great job helping me settle in.
This is all I have time for right now, but I will start updating my blog more regularily!
