Malaga

Hi all,
After a five hour bus ride yesterday, we are now in Malaga! The bus ride wasn't so bad. We drove all along the coast so there was constantly beautiful scenery. It would have been a little better if the ladies in front of us didn't pull their seats all the way back at the beginning of the trip. Can't complain though, we made it here in good time. The city is beautiful. There are the most luscious palm trees I have ever seen and there are plenty of them. This is the greenest city we've been in, and we decided to spend an extra night here.

There have been huge castles in all the Spanish cities we've been in and our usual plan is to tour the castle in the morning, then hit the beach in the afternoon. This morning the castle was quite a hike. I thought I was going to pass out in the heat but we made it up and rewarded ourselves with some cold bottles of water. The view is always worth it.

After that we headed straight to the beach. We rented some lounge chairs under an umbrella and stayed there a good part of the afternoon. Now we are back at the hostel for some siesta time. Tomorrow is our last day here before leaving the coast and heading north. We are stopping in Toledo before heading to Barcelona. Tonight we're going out for tapas, my new favorite thing. A lot of places will include free beer with Tapas so our bill has been something like 10 euros for the two of us. The only problem is ordering. We can usually decipher one or two words, but it doesn't seem to matter. Dave and I like pretty much everything and the food is always delicious. Anyway, I think I will read 2 pages of my book then fall asleep. Dave is already there and I am jealous. First though, here are some pictures of our time in Spain!