Seattle - Madrid - Málaga

We are in Málaga! We arrived to sunny, 66 degree weather at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday after a very nice Iberia flight. Madrid was only 25 degrees so we were glad to be continuing on via a short flight. The only time Ned can take off from his conducting duties for Island Sinfonia is during the Christmas break, so we are glad the temperatures seem to be walkable in Andalucia at this time of year.

We figured out how to take the train from the airport into Malaga city itself, and from there it was an easy walk to the Eurostar Astoria Hotel. We forced ourselves to stay up until 6 pm and slept until 3am. Our essential immersion coil, which worked fine at home, doesn't work here, so no hot coffee or instant soups. Tomorrow we will try to get a SIM card for the iPad and monthly service for the old cell phone we used on the bike trip, plus a new immersion coil. Powdered milk would also be nice.

Using our iPad here in Spain is proving to be a challenge; it often won't connect. None of our email accounts will let us send outgoing messages other than Century Tel. We can open Hotmail to read messages, but not Gmail or Yahoo. Another challenge will be how to send photos. Lots to figure out!Read more