We only have two days in Malaga so we had better get a move on! The hotel has a very nice buffet breakfast and we are hungry so we are another hour on before we are ready.
We emerge on to the deserted Sunday street outside our hotel. The heat hits us like a blast. We thought it would be cooler here by now? We are walking to the Centro Histrico, its about half an hour on foot. We start off by the harbour and then head inland.
We stumble across a modern art gallery. It looks interesting so we go inside. Its quite a good collection and all blissfully air con so its a pleasant interlude.
Now to Malaga centre. Its a Sunday hence, there are church services on this morning so the cathedral is closed to sightseers.
Ian takes us to the park. Its a shaded place to take a break on a park benchuntil I see a huge rat scuttling across the path that us! Ugh, Ive just seen a rat I tell Ian. Yes, hes seen several, he wasnt
going to tell me but since I know, theres one sitting under the rubbish bin to my left. Eek, Im not staying here then! We scuttle off as fast as the rats!
Its funnygive those rats a bushy tail and they would be squirrels, then I would not detest them and they would not be the stuff of nightmares. The brothers Grimm and especially the pied piper of Hameln have a lot to answer for!
We make our way to the Roman amphitheatre and the Alcazabar. Ian reports that its open but that its free entry after 2pm. Really? Sounds odd but well return later then! We set off to explore the old town. Its pretty packed with tour groups, most on foot but some on segways.
We find another shady square and rest a while there. Here we meet a very nice lady from Cumbria. She has been at the coast but now in the city for a few days. Like us, she is feeling the heat and found airport travel harder than she used tonext year shes going to holiday in Wales instead! to know Im not the only one flying, increasingly stressful!
Not exactly the idea of taking a holiday! I must be getting old! She is in her way to the castlewe tell her its free in just over an hour if she can wait!
So now for another wander down the narrow old town and another stop to indulge in huge ice creams. Strawberry cheesecake and Kit Kat flavours for me. Mint and Oreos for Ian.
Its ten to two and were waiting around with all the other skinflints for the free entry period to the alcazabar. A voice calls out hello, its the lady we met earlier with her partner. We squeeze up on the bench and have another chat. Now they are off to lunch whilst we brave the heat of the monument. I think they made the better choice as its open till 8pm but we want to get an early night.
The Alcazaba is extensive. An uphill walk along bricked pathways with plenty of photo opportunity stops along the way. We have reached, what we think us the top, but we can see people much higher up in the distance. But where is the path? Honestly we cannot see it and we
Time for food. We find ab outside table at a restaurant. Its still very hot even though its now 4pm. We call the waiter and order our food. He tells me my Spanish is better than his Englishhmmm, no English then?
Happy anniversary says Ian. Oops I had forgotten. Twenty three years! Good job we dont much bother about these things.
Now to return to the hotel. Thirty minutes plus a supermarket stop to pick up some water. Baggy me first for the shower!
