Costa del Sol

The drugs lasted long enough for me to get outside and I found a pharmacy on the way to the beach and got some allergy pills that work for me. I'm feeling fine now; thank you all for your care and concern, especially those of you who basically told me to shove it since I was laying on a beach instead of at work and you had no sympathy. Nice, real nice. lol. Soooo, today I lounged on the beach along Costa del Sol. It's nowhere near as pretty as Costa Blanca. The water isn't as clear and the beach is more pebbles and shells than sand. Nothing like the rocks in Nice, thankfully, but very small pebbles that stick to you like sand. It reminded me of the black sand beach in Santorini. Today was hot and there wasn't much of a breeze, but holy cow the water was freezing. I came up gasping for air each time I dunked my head. Refreshing at least, but quite chilly. I forgot to re-apply sunscreen early on, and while I'm not really sunburned, tomorrow will be spent shopping and walking around rather than on the beach. I'm getting good at my excuses to buy more shoes, don't' you think? Other than that, some of the shells on the beach were beautiful and they were the largest that I've seen on this trip. That's what I've been collecting along the way. Yes, I'm a dork, but they're easy to carry and who has shells from Ireland I ask you!