Palm Beach Torremolinos

... selling sea food and having bbqs on the beach. The weather is amazing cant believe that its still around the 25 degrees mark at this time of year.<br><br>We walked for a while and then worked our way back to the hotel where Ian went and lay by the pool for a little while reading his book while I had a little sleep. Its only a few days now until we come home and I am excited although I want to keep on travelling around. We got ready ...

... drive along the coast through Marbella and we even saw the rock of Gibralter as well. As we where travelling though you could not help but notice the strips of english bars and restaurants and we laughed about what we have got coming up. <br><br>We got the the centre of Torrimolinos and got a taxi to our hotel. Its ok the hotel is clean and we have a large kitchen and balcony not overlooking the pool but its ok ...

... 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 ...

Today we had an excursion to the Caves of Nerja about an hour away on the bus. The little town on the water was cute and reminded me so much of Dubrovnik. We have free time to visit the little church and have an ice cream. Then we were off to the nearby caves which were fascinating but didn't learn much because the guide was doing double time with the tour speaking both French and English and he spoke mostly French even when he was speaking English it seemed.

... 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 ...

Sylvie repart pour la suisse... heureusement, je ne suis pas seule à l'auberge et passe une bonne soirée avec d'autres voyageurs!! On boit un peu, beaucoup, trop de sangria... et je décide à 6h du matin de repousser mon départ de Malage au lundi... j'ai trouvé un prof d'espagnol que je prendrais bien avec moi pour un petit bout de chemin ,-)<br>

... de jeunesse ici (Picasso's corner), je vais pouvoir laisser mon vélo pendant que nous voyagerons à Grenade. Ambiance de ville-plage mais la vieille ville de Malaga convivial avec ses petites ruelles étroites et ses terrasses... je trouve un livre de Philippe Sauve "Siberia" que j'emprunte à l'auberge en leur promettant de le ramener lorsque je viendrai chercher mon vélo!<br>

After breakfast and nice stroll on the beach, we head out to see the next city in the list which was Malaga. Malaga is very big compare to its size on the map :)<br>The trick is to head out to the old part of town to see the actions. Lots of architectures are dated back few years. <br>Cathedral as like the other places, is a must see in the old city. Small cobble stone alleys make it very nice and easy for walk. <br>The best ...

... is that they have a really neat town to go exploring around, much like Malaga with winding streets and small shops. The nightlife is quite lively with small scale night clubs and promoters (usually English 19 year olds) dragging you into their pub for a free shot and a drink. Oddly enough...there was one night where there was an American Indian doing a show. How the Hell did he find that town?? We stayed in Torremolinos for two days and then headed further down on the train to Fuengirola...

... el bacalao que mi mami siempre prepara para Navidad que por cierto quedó riquísimo. Decidimos que viajar al sur de España sería una buena manera de aprovechar el tiempo libre, así que tomamos un avión y nos fuimos a Andalucía a conocer Málaga, Sevilla, Granada y los pueblos blancos del sur. Vimos paisajes muy lindos y conocimos estilos de vida diferentes al de barcelona. El Año Nuevo lo celebramos en Arcos de la Frontera, pero nos llevamos la sorpresa ...