Malaga

Two weekends ago I went to Malaga for Halloween weekend with the three other Auxiliares from Cordoba: Angelica, Laurel and Kimzey. Malaga is on the southern Coast of Spain in the Andalusian Region about a 2 in a half hour bus ride South East of Cordoba. It was great to get away from Cordoba for the weekend and see something new. However, I got a little sick once I got there which kind of put a damper on things but I still enjoyed myself.

We arrived to Malaga late Friday morning and spent the afternoon walking around and exploring the city. We were so excited to be on the coast that we made it one of our first priorities to find the beach even though it wasn't exactly bathing suit weather. We definitely made the right choice of going to the beach our first day because it only got colder and more windy has the weekend went on. The beach was so nice and peaceful. There were little patches of grass with pine tree for us to sit on which worked out perfectly since we didn't bring our beach towels. We sat there for a while admiring the water which we touched with our toes but was too cold to go much further. We then continued to walk along the beach; there were few people on the beach this time of the year which allowed us to really enjoy it.

The Castle and RomanTheatre

Angelica and I in front of the Alcazaba

The Beach

Me, Angelica and Kimzey

That evening we had an Argentinian Barbecue which was put on by the cooks of our hostel upstairs on the terrace. It consisted of a salad, platter after platter of different types of grilled meat along with grilled zucchini and egg plant all accompanied by a delicious sauce. It made me want to go to Argentina and experience this type of food. It was a great opportunity to meet many of the people at our hostel from different parts of the world.

Unfortunately I woke up Saturday feeling quite sick and I couldn't participate in a free walking tour of the city with my other friends. I was able to venture out into the city later in the day and see more.

Pablo Picasso grew up in Malaga so on Sunday we visited his house which is situated in the same plaza that we were staying in, Plaza Merced. It wasn't anything too impressing; it definitely had been re-renovated quite a bit but was still cool to see. We then visited the Picasso Museum

which had a lot more to offer than Picasso's house.

The Cathedral

Sunday night was Halloween so we all dressed up like people from the 1960's. We went over to an Auxillary's house in Malaga for a little party and then went out to some of the bars around the plaza we were staying in.

All in all it was a good weekend. I think I would like to go back in the Spring or Summer when the weather is nicer and we can go to the beach.