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- Jun 13, 2024
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 25 m
- SpainAndalusiaMálagaAlcazaba36°43’14” N 4°24’58” W
Day 18
June 13 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Last night I had a very good sleep, as I was clearly recovering from the previous day! The day was definitely a challenge - I didn’t end up having any time to buy food before, so this morning I woke up very hungry and slightly dehydrated. As the supermarkets don’t open until 8:30am, I went down to buy some cereal, bread, juice, water and almond milk. What a huge relief to be better organised than before!
Heddi and Pentti had plans to go to Gibralfaro Castle, so I headed out to their apartment to meet up with them. Fortunately most sights in Malaga are close and very easy to reach, however all the lanes and alleyways are so confusing! The walk up to the castle wasn’t very easy - most of it was straight uphill, and the weather wasn’t exactly cool! We did have a nice sea breeze thankfully. The views from the top were wonderful too.
Similar to the cathedral yesterday, the castle provided an audio tour you could add to your mobile phone, however after a while we lost interest and did our own thing. After coming back down to ground level, we were all feeling hungry so we went to a cafe named Cister Catorce which was located right there in the square and advertised €2 tapas. Big mistake! After sitting down, we ordered only drinks but the service was so unbelievably rude, I thought I’d do a quick check of the reviews on Google. I’m glad I did - there was absolutely nothing good written about the place, and the average rating was 1.1/5. We then quickly decided to go elsewhere which was a smart move - even the four drinks we ordered were an absolute rip-off.
We relied on Google again for advice, and found Cafetería Framil, which was a welcome delight after the last place. I had the lunch meal special which included cold tomato soup (may have been gazpacho), vegetarian bocadillo and crème caramel for dessert. Great choice! By this time, we were all feeling a bit tired, so we returned to our respective apartments to rest.
When I arrived back at the apartment I was thrilled to see that the washing machine was now fixed, so I washed some clothes before having a nap. Heddi suggested going for a walk down to the beach and waterfront area, where Pentti and Freja had gone earlier so that Freja could swim at the beach. It was a very affluent area, with yachts and expensive boats docked there, as well as exorbitant prices at the restaurants and bars. Clearly you were paying for the location!
For dinner, Heddi and I went back into the city centre to eat at Andino Gastrobar, a Latin American restaurant which was very popular and had a wonderful atmosphere. It seemed a bit unusual having South American food in Spain but the menu was good so we didn’t mind. I had the empanadas but could’ve eaten a lot more.
Since we have a full day at Alhambra tomorrow, we stopped and bought some snacks at a small supermarket as were really not sure what the food arrangements will be. I definitely don’t want to spend another day with a rumbling stomach!Read more