This is Satu and Maria! My travel buddies in Malaga
This is from Alcazaba Castle/fort
Malaga!
Me!
The gardens in Alcazaba...amazingly beautiful!
I might one day have to get married here...but only if my husband-to-be is a billionaire...:(
View from the pathway up to Gibrafaro Castle...(zoomed in a little)
Satu and Maria...drinking morning coffee and people watching!
Me again!
Pretty park like place in Malaga where I was pooped on by pigeons...twice
This picture is going to go with my bike picture from Amsterdam!
I don´t know...don´t ask...but behind the octopus is a Roman arena that they have just unearthed...
(These are not all my pictures but given how long it takes to upload, these are a few selected ones to share! More will eventually come.)
So - we made it to Gibraltar but very unfortunately did not get to see any monkeys :( The weather was terrible yesterday. It was gray, chilly, a bit rainy, and so windy the cable car to the top of the Rock was shut down. Given that we did not want to pay the 80 euro fee to take a taxi/tour up the rock we decided that we would admire it from below and one day return to see the monkeys, tunnels and caves that are on the Rock itself.
It was still a neat trip. It felt so bizarre to go from Spain (where people barely speak English) to...well...England, where everyone speaks English.
I was convinced that the lousy weather we had was because we were in fact in England and that once we returned to Spain it would improve. My theory is partly true because the weather is certainly improving today. The sun is out and there is at least no rain. Still quite windy though..
So what we ended up doing in Gibraltar was mostly walking around. The town itself is much like any other European town with cobblestone roads and narrow streets! We walked all the way out to the tip of Gibraltar. That was an adventure that included walking through a loooong dark tunnel that we weren´t sure ever ended :) It did though and we saw the lighthouse. Given the wind though we couldn´t walk right to the end...we would either have blown away into the sea or gotten thoroughly soaked. Both options didn´t seem so ideal...
That was Gibraltar...defintely worth a visit if just to see how bizarre it is. I know I would like to go back one day (when the sun is shining) to actually go up the Rock and see the view.
Oh - and after you walk across the border (also a fun experience) you then walk across the run way...there isnt enough space on the little stretch of land to put the runway anywhere else. We definitely took our lives into our hands crossing that open stretch with the wind so strong! I was sure we were about to take flight...
We were safe, however, and after a short bus ride made it to...Tarifa!
Tarifa is a city that claims to be the southernmost tip of Europe. I am not sure I believe it but it is certainly the southernmost tip of Spain! That means that you can walk down to a point and see both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic at the same time.
It really is a summer town and walking along the streets now they seem a little deserted. But in the summer months there would be tons of people here enjoying the beautiful weather, gorgeous beaches, and fantastic waves. People come here to wave surf, kite surf, and wind surf!
It is quite small and there isn´t a whole lot to do other than lay on the beach and walk the streets. We spent today doing just that. I even swam in the ocean :) It was COLD!
The plan now is that I am meeting Annie, Raph, and Genet tomorrow and we are grabbing the ferry to Tangiers. At that point we will somehow find the train station and take a train to Casablanca! That should get us there in the late afternoon/early evening and we will find Lenny at the hostel she is staying in. I am hoping we get to stay a day in Casblanca (mostly just for kicks) but we might move on to Marakesh fairly quickly to catch up on a bit of lost time!
That is the plan of course if the ferry is running - which is hasnt been all day today or yesterday
:( So cross your fingers for us!!
Alright - I am off to the grocery store to by some food. Maria and I cooked delicious pasta and sauce last night and now we need to pick up some food for tonight.
We also had some amazing wine from somewhere in Spain. Wine is so cheap here! I am quite impressed and appreciative :)
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