Day 7…. Malaga.
Today was another nice day touring around Spain. From Sevilla, we drove about 2 hours down to Malaga, a coastal based city. I drove today. The drive was one a freeway system from Sevilla. It was raining off and on throughout the trip. I think we have mastered the GPS pretty good. But still, when in these old part of these cities, the streets fly by quickly and you don’t get the right turn off. But we are getting better. Anyway, in Malaga sits an old Moor Castle and Spanish Fort. They are on a hill that you have to climb…and it was a pretty good climb to get up to the Castillo de Gibralfaro (fort). But boy what a view looking out over the Mediterranean Sea. By the time we had reached the top, the sun was out and we had a spectacular view of Malaga. We spent probably a good 3 hours touring the Castillo and the Alcazar. Pretty amazing……pretty beautiful what these people (the Moors) built.
After we had visit the Castillo and Alcazar, we walked into an area of shops and stores. There, we saw a cafeteria that offered another ‘Menu del Dia’ for 8.50 Euros per person. I had Seafood Soup and a pork chop for my ‘primero and segundo’. The pork chop came with French fries. I also tried one of their sodas….the first in Spain. It was Fanta Limon….and it was quite tart and good. Kelly is not a fish lover and Zella gives it a go. So we have been pushing them to try the ‘bottom of the ocean’ seafood that these folks want to share with us. It has been fun to watch. Denise ordered Paella…a common Spanish rice dish. It was full of seafood…and good also.
After this late lunch, we took off on foot to find a Museum of Glass and Ceramics. After Kelly stopped a number of people for directions, we finally made. Upon entering, I saw a nice couch to sit on. At that moment, I made the decision that the couch was for me and Denise could go look at the fine china…or whatever they had to show. Kelly agreed and sat down with me. So the two ladies paid the 5 Euros and off they went. We were there….maybe an hour.
After finding our car, we decided that we wanted to drive down the Mediterranean coast to see how the other half lives. We saw some nice homes overlooking the beautiful sea. But after having done that, we decided to take a road that took us into the mountains. We thought it would be a bigger highway. It was a two lane, EXTREMELY slow trip. The road wound around the mountains and a car in front of us would only go about 25 miles an hour. We went up the mountain and then as we came down the other side, we were in the clouds….fog and rain. It was pretty treacherous. I wanted to try and pass the slow person knowing that I could go a little bit faster. But no real opportunity presented itself to do this. So it took about an hour plus to go, maybe, 30 to 40 miles. Very frustrating. The last time I drove, we had a similar mountain driving experience. Bottom line, we were in the mountains for the majority of our trip back to Sevilla arriving at the hotel around 9:15 PM. We were just glad to be here.
Malaga is beautiful….well worth the drive and trip. I would love to come back to these coastal cities one day in the future when it was warmer and you could get into the sea.
Tomorrow we are off to Faro, Portugal. There we will tour a bit then catch a 3:00 PM train to Lisbon. Our trip with Kelly and Zella will conclude. It has been a TON of fun meandering our way in our little car throughout Southern Spain. It will be a memory to be cherished in our lives. My thanks goes to them for planning and preparing the sites to see. We have seen so much…so much good stuff.
Hasta la manana….
Some beautiful flowers on our hike up to the Castillo (fort).
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