Novotel Malaga Málaga

We woke with hangovers again and decided to go to the smugglers bar for a full english fry up. We have not ate bacon for the whole time that we have been away and I have been dreaming about bacon buttys lol. It was a really nice breakfast and just the thing for a hang over. We then went for a walk down the famous strip of the Costa Del Sol. Its ok and really pretty the beach is lovely and there are lots of bars and even spanish ...

... was very tasty and I feel better that I can at least eat again without being so paranoid about where the food has been stored all day. We had met an english lady on the train that was so ill by the food in morroco that i felt really glad and relieved that we had come off so lucky.<br><br>Ian was feeling much better as well thankfully and we go on the bus to our final place the Costa Del Sol rodney! It was a ...

... store, not as good as costco but still pretty good. i have been making soups with chicken and veggies and noodles, a nice salad, some spanish rice too. we've been enjoying drinking the spanish red wines here which are very cheap, we actually found a bottle at the local market for EUR1.00 which is roughly usd1.51; take that two buck chuck! it was definitely drinkable and cheaper than soda!! terry found a steal at the local super sol grocery market, eur.17 a can of beer ...

... whole different world. Everything is in Arabic and French, there´s hardly any english around (you should see the Coca Cola bottles). After a quick town overview, we stepped off the tour bus and into Morocco, and of course, the rain. We were quickly hustled towards the Kasbah while Moroccan street vendors tailed our group selling all kinds of umbrellas. Fortunately we brought our own, but that still didn´t stop some of the vendors from trying to sell us another. After a quick look ...

... as sturdy as balsa wood and it had met it match with this guy. I don´t think the Swedish engineers ever anticipated a full size Buick would be mounting those steps. Each time he climbed a rung the bed would sway, one side would come off the ground and then land with a bang against the wall. Now I can only imagine what the people in the room next door must have thought was going on. I rolled to the opposite side of the bed to try to counteract his weight but ...

... for lunch is an area called Chininitos where there are lots of chairs and tables set outside for a great seafood. <br>Teatro Romano is another nice place to visit, heading up to the Mount Gilfrano from there allows to see the whole city underneath. Amazing view of the Torre where the bullfighting occurs. <br>Once seeing the precaussions was over at night, we head out to Cordoba for our last day of visit in the Southern Spain.

... I was wanting to study today, the only day I actually have TIME to study and have NOTHING to do, it is RAINING and I can´t think of anything useful to do with my time. I am also annoyed by Margot, the mother of the household because she thinks she knows everything better. This morning I had to wait 10 minutes in the shower, my hair all in the shampoo, for the water to get back warm again since it got to freezing temperature all of a sudden. I already had a discussion about this ...

... peas, prawns, squid, muscles (they are still in their shells) and rice? The Spanish love to have fiestas. It was Sunday. The local villagers dressed up in these beautiful costumes whilst the men serenaded them with guitar music. We followed them all he way, singing and dancing, through the narrow streets to the church.

... The last is "atención temprana" which I'm not really sure how to translate, but it deals with kids ages 6 or younger and their educational development. It focuses on developmental disorders like autism and spina bifida. The professors are very approachable for the most part and willing to help. There's a program at UMA called ERASMUS. Not sure what it stands for, but it's kind of like IFSA-Butler for European students so most professors are used to ...

... to go to Granada (we had already purchased train tickets when we were in Cordoba), buy bus tickets, spend the night there, and head out to Malaga the next morning first thing. One notable thing about that night in Granada - we went to a really great bar with the best food yet on this trip (stuffed mushrooms, confit de canard). There were no seats but the bartender kept on giving us free tapas (oyster mushrooms and salty shrimp!). Yum! On Wednesday, at 7am ...