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About summer: why are love it so much?

15th July 2019 - Aina Matamoros

The sun, the sea, the breeze, the beach, the warm weather… it just gives me chills only by thinking about all of these things together. Summer is the best season of the year and there is no dispute regarding this statement.

 

Some may say that it is the worst because “it is too hot”, “I get so sweaty”, “I do not like the beach”, “it is so crowded everywhere”… all cheap excuses for me. If you hate summer, you are not a person who can be trusted; you are not a rational person; you are not a person.

 

Summer makes everything better and everyone is happier. Why? Summer is the time when people go on holiday when the weather is better when there is less work to do (at least in Spain), when people worry less when people feel freer… I think it is obvious but here is an explanation of different factors for the skeptical ones.

  • Time: during summer, you do not mind staying up later to dance the night away; nights get shorter but they seem longer because you enjoy them so much more. You do not mind getting up earlier either, to see the sun rise and indulge yourself in the magic view of the dawn. And we cannot forget about the summer days spent on the beach getting tanned and swimming in the ocean (which is one of the biggest pleasures in life for me) and the summer afternoons, when the sun is still there but lower and you get together with your friends for a cold drink and talk about anything.

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  • Moments & stories: since people worry less and feel freer during summer, it is officially the season to make the best and craziest memories of the year. The most typical one is the well-known summer fling or summer romance (to be more dramatic): people go to new places or to their summer vacation cities and sometimes love happens and, since there is an end to that vacation, it is a relationship only for that amount of time, although some summer romances end up becoming all year and even all life romances (that is the magic of summer…). However, there is room for more kinds of memories and stories during summer: new friendships, new adventures discovering hidden places or different cultures, first times doing some things, new trips (far away or just around the corner)… Everyone has his or her own summer story, unique and perfect in its way.

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  • Travel: summer is the moment of the year when most of the people are on vacation and travels. They have been saving money the whole year to be able to go to that place they are crazy to get to know. It is the pay off for all the hard work of the year and the moment to enjoy your freedom and non-attachment to anything while discovering the place you have always wanted to go to. Maybe you have to take three planes to get there or maybe it is just one hour away by car from where you live. Either way, that will be your perfect place to spend the summer.

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  • Beauty in nature: nature is so much more beautiful during summer. Not only the beaches, but also the mountains and the woods. The plants and trees are greener and look livelier, the water is clearer and warmer, animals are out and look prettier… The sun and the warm weather just make everything in nature look better. And I must say here that we humans are also prettier! Our hair gets lighter, our skin gets darker and our happiness gets larger far all the reasons I stated before, so we feel and actually are prettier during summer. Being happy is the best companion to being beautiful.

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  • Clothes: going to a more superficial yet important issue, summer clothes are the best ones. First of all, there are fewer clothes to put on you, so it is easier and faster to get dressed. They are lighter and more mixable. And they are naturally more beautiful than winter clothes: fluid long and short dresses, cute tops, all kinds of shorts, loosen skirts and long pants, sunglasses… And you get to wear the most comfortable look: only a swimsuit or a bikini! I would live all my live only wearing a bikini (as they say: life is better in a bikini).

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  • Fruits: summer is the best time of the year also because it brings with itself the best fruits of the world. Watermelon, melon, peaches, flat peaches, cherries, nectarines, apricots, mango, cantaloupe, honeydew… I could survive by eating only these fruits all day! I know that now you can find some of these fruits all year-round, but that is because they come from other countries and that is not sustainable. So in my defense of the health of the planet Earth I only buy seasonal fruits (even though I have like the hardest time during boring fruit season, a.k.a. winter).

  • The small things:

    • The smell of the sea

    • The summer breeze touching your skin

    • The sun kissing your cheeks

    • The sand touching your bare feet

    • The sunsets and sunrises

    • The starry nights

    • The seashells

    • The long hours laying on the beach getting tanned

    • The first swim

    • The feeling when you get out of the shower after a beach day and you feel fresh but still smell like summer

    • The moment when you are playing by the shore when you are a kid and you get flipped down by a wave

    • The warm long nights talking to your friends at the beach bar without wearing any jacket

    • The moment when you eat your favorite summer fruit (cherries/peaches) after almost a year and you feel like it is the most delicious fruit ever

    • The swim until the limit buoy and back

    • The moment when you realize you are starting to get tanned

    • The moment when you change your wardrobe and you see clothes you did not remember you had and you are so happy

    • The moment when you feel it is warm enough so you can wear again your favorite summer outfit and

    • The moment when you feel it is warm enough to wear your bikini

    • The so desired trip

    • The discovery of new places, cultures and people

    • The fact that it is also my birthday (August 7th)

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I could go on forever. Summer is a state of mind. Summer is what the whole year is about. Summer is my safe place. Summer is the time when I feel myself. Yes, I am in love with summer forever and you should be, too.

 

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Also, this is a very special shout out for my best place on Earth: Tossa de Mar in Costa Brava (Catalonia, Spain). This has been my beach/summer city since I for 24 years now. I go there all year-round, but during the summer is when it is more beautiful (of course). It is my safe place, it gives me peace and it is also gorgeous. If you visit Barcelona, you must go visit Tossa de Mar (just 1 hour and 15 minutes away by car). Appreciate its beauty above. 

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