"Vamos A La Playa"

[hiddenmuse]

One of the complete sentences we learned in Spanish class - after learning the conjugation of the verb Ir, meaning "to go". It always cracked me up though, that we were learning to say "Let's go to the beach!" when we're in St. Louis. There is no way to say "Let's go to the Landing and play in the mud!", and have it even begin to sound remotely attractive. Yet, that's exactly what we'd be doing in that town - mucking about in the Mississippi River dreck.

This afternoon, I took the bus to the end of the line, and wound up at the beach. Yes, Virginia, I was able to go out and look at the surf rolling in - and the few dedicated surfers riding the waves. Seeing people walking on the beach, young couples fooling around on the sand, it was like "okay, here I am - this is an *actual beach*, and this is my new home."

Another day, I want to ride out to the beach, and actually hang out for once. Get my feet wet in the ocean, walk around in the wet sand, and just be.

Comments

[cyndal.livejournal.com]

I always loved "vamos a la playa". My other favorite phrase was "Tengo una cita con Anita". I have a date(appointment) with Anita.

[pseudoswede.livejournal.com]

It should've been more like: "Let's go to the Landing and get plowed." ;-)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Good point - but being the uber-geek that I am, I didn't even consider the option at that time!