Last day with Hunky :(

Such a nice day!

"Stunna shades"

Feria Gallega del Marisco

For Ricky and my last day together, we decided to go for a little chill exploring around Murcia. We headed toward the river but some ridiculously loud bagpipe music lead us inside the Plaza de Toros. They were having a seafood festival! Although it looked interesting, seafood isn't quite my cup of tea, so we marched on toward el Rio Segura. 

Rio Segura

 There wasn't a whole lot going on alongside the river, but we kept walking because I had never explored in this direction and was curious. Walking west leads toward the Tourism School and the center of town.

After we returned home and I consulted the map to see where we had conquered, I discover that we had traveled off the map. Perhaps that's why there was not much action!

Eventually we happened upon a line of fisherman from across the river. We specualted if they were homeless people or actually legit fisherman.

My Hunk.

At the end of our walk, we found a McDonalds and a grocery store/mall. We each got a kid's meal and an ice cream--definitely enough to fill me up; it comes with so much food! 

Kit Kat McFlurry--OM NOM NOM

Watching the ducklings

Momma & da babies

On our way back, walking along the other side, we discovered that they were actual, hard-core fisherman! That had intense equipment and poles that practically reached halfway across the river! Some of them had lunches, leading me to believe that they sit there all day.







Ricky's attention was caught by a mother duck and her fuzzy, yellow ducklings. We stood there and waited for them to jump in the water for, like, twenty minutes. Luckily, they eventually did. (Ricky may have threw some sticks to convince them).

Legit fisherman!

After plenty of walking, we returned home for a much-needed siesta. I bought some bread and a doughnut for Ricky on the way! He took a nap and I got a little studying and blogging done.

Pulpo=octopus

A few hours later, we went out to El Togo, the delicious tapas restaurant that I went to during one of my first weeks in Murcia. Ricky treated us to a Tinto de Verano, and three tapas: pulpo (octupus), mini hamburguesas (you might guess), and dátiles con bacon (dates with ham). It was super yummy! We came home and head Magnum almond ice cream bars, Ricky's favorite. 

Miniburgs

I already have a pulpo pic, but I just
thought he was too darn cute

Dátiles con bacon!

12:30AM rolled around so we headed to the bus station. We got there nearly forty minutes early, but the machine kept screwing up so the time worked in our favor. We had to get change from a restaurant because it wouldn't accept our credit cards or take more than 20-euro bills.

It was very sad seeing Ricky off :( Now we have four months until we see each other again, even if he can come back in June. I'm already ready for him to come back!