English Rose

Something I never seem to get here is the confusion over my nationality. It's always just assumed i'm English, and very occasionally, German. Pretending to be German or Dutch is actually fun though, the predator will immediately run away - 'sie sprechen kein deutsch?!'.

The other night though, on the bar crawl I was chatting to the guy who runs it, and not only did he tell me that I look like I am part of the royal family (a little bit of an overexageration?) but he also said this phrase: 'if I were to look up British in the dictionary, your face would just pop into my head'. Wonderful. That's an achievement surely, happy to be British haha.

So then, in the club I had another moment where someone asked me if I was Spanish. I was so shocked that I just laughed and pointed at my hair and finally got the 'oooooh englisshh' that I'd been waiting for. To then show off, he used this wonderfully structured, great English chat up line...

'I, beautiful. You, beautiful. We kiss, beautiful? (whilst showing a picture of his abs). Not impressed and NO THANKS, so we ran away fast! Why would you start a chat up line bragging about how beautiful you are? I mean, seriously!?

However that night we then managed to blag ourselves entry into the VIP area for the club we were in. Free drinks, thankyou!

I just love how for once, being a Blondie is actually better than a boring spanish brunette. I love how English I am :)

On another note, a more serious one, the goodbyes have started. This makes me really sad and is the one reason that leaving just seems so sad. We said goodbye to 4 Americans Friday, all of which were sad. But it's my frisbee girl's departure which was the goodbye that started to make me cry. I know I'm as soppy as anything, but this made me sad people are already going!

It's crazy how fast time has gone and how little we have left. I'm not a fam of goodbyes or starting another new life soon. Who knows if and when we'll actually see each other again, that's such a sad thought. For now, I'm just staying mega grateful for the friendships I've made here and the variety of people and personalities I've got to know. I love every single one of you Malagueños!

And finally. 5 sleeps! I'm so excited to actually be home now...

BESOS X