Princesa Fuengirola

After days at sea we had a short stop in Malaga before docking the next day back in Savona. I have decided that I am not crazy about the days at sea. Even though I really enjoyed all the ports, I don't think I would do anther big curise. The fact that there were only small number of people who spoke enlgish on the ship was interesting. So wanted to speak another language .. any lanaugage. Even when I told the Germans I did nto speak Germann they kept talking!

Let´s see, the following things just about sum up Puerto Banus (near Marbella in the South of Spain):

- clear blue skies
- chirping birds
- wicked hotel with awesome pool
- chic boutiques
- restaurants, cafes and bars
- golfer´s paradise
- casino

Aahh... just what was needed for Contiki recovery!

I spent a lot of time lazing by the pool reading, whilst Mark was off either at the Casino ...

... pictures from Morocco. I told her that I went to Spain to learn Spanish but instead I received my degree in Belly Dancing. How funny.

Tomorrow I will be going to my friend Maria (my Pachange intercambio partner's girlfriend) class at an institute to talk to her tourism class in English. That should be interesting. Then Saturday I'll be in Cordoba and Sunday studying for an exam on Monday. I hope I do good.

Hasta luego.

Malaga is the major city near Frigiliana (where the train dropped us off). We spent a day there when we picked up Jaime and Rob at the train station. Some highlights:

• Watching Jaime and Rob come off the train and meet us in Spain
• The Picasso Museum – a wonderful ...
  Málaga, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands jennyandpaul2

... in English. She was very nice. I really enjoyed this bar, it was so refreshing to hear Spanish songs for a change. The night ended on a down note though…Juan’s bike got stolen. : ( It’s ironic because I had a conversation earlier about if I should get a bike and my friend from the intercabio that is from Malaga told me no, it would get stolen. It sucks that Juan’s bike got stolen. All in all tonight was a good night.

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 ...

... only problem is that the room really smells of smoke its making me feel sick. We dumped our stuff Ian had a quick shower and off we went to look for something to do. Straight into an english bar Browns had a glass of wine and a beer for 4 euros ha ha then went on to another place. Where we are staying is a large area full of english bars and irish bars and we ended up in the smugglers irish bar taking shots of ...

... is like an italian fritatta or french quiche, i learned how to make them when i was in madrid in 1990 and stayed in a budget hotel that sat over a tapas bar. the smells from the tapas restaurant drove me crazy so i popped in for a look. i remember seeing these huge yellow round things on a dish sitting on the counter and asked what they were. the owners were very nice and told me that is the spanish tortilla, they even invited me around the counter to learn how to make ...

... Björn slog till och gjorde 2 birdies - så det gav oss 2 birdie-whiskies. Imorgon åker vi till Spanien på en veckas semester. Första stopp blir i Sitges där vi var på bröllopsresa 1966. Nästa stopp blir hos Christina (sunkollega) och Lars Nilsson söder om Alicante och nästa stopp blir hos Eklunds i Marbella. Sen vet vi inte var de andra stoppen blir. Stay tuned - more to come on the pod. Vi har lagt in några bilder från dagens golfrunda. Ha det bra!

... lie before me as it was shrouded in a carpet of cloud. I don't know if it was the rainy day or what but I remained pretty tired all day. I drifted off a few times but never really fell asleep. I just kind of danced close to the border of naptime never really letting myself take the plunge. We ate a healthy dinner and chatted about their life in Spain. Evita and Tina couldn't be more opposite and I found it so ...