Meeting Málaga

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

When we arrived at the Málaga Airport, Señor Honey says “do you think they’ve overbuilt the airport?” It is enormous and it wasn’t until we reached the inner corridors that it was apparent it was a very busy place. 

We headed to the assigned baggage carousel and waited, waited and waited, worry setting in that we would be without our personal belongings. Finally, the lost were found! 

Taxi! We were on our way to “Calle Strachan”. We were dropped off in a square as Calle Strachan was a pedestrian street.

We clattered (click-clack) with our luggage over the marble tiled/ cobble stoned streets looking for our street and apartment address. 

Finally, we had to stop for directions ... we were close, it was the next parallel street. 

Eureka we found it ... we were too early to check in but we were able to drop off our bags, get the keys and complete the paperwork with a promise that the apartment would be ready at 1PM. Perfect.

Off we went for a little stroll and discovery. 

We wandered for an hour and then found a shaded café for a cold water before heading to the apartment.  

We quickly did a little unpacking (not much since we were only staying here for 3 nights) and then it was time to catch a little cat nap. 

The bed was calling our names ... and was super comfortable!

Normally, we wouldn’t do this but I was feeling under the weather and Señor had not slept much at all on the plane.

The whole apartment was decorated in reds and actually was quite attractive but it was it’s prime location that ended up being its best feature. We were very lucky with our choice. 

The view from one of the windows ...


Rested and refreshed, we headed out for more exploring and something to eat. We were spoiled for choice.

After a good wander, we settled on a cute Italian restaurant in the Plaza del Obispo opposite the Cathedral and Museum.

We were seated underneath the orange trees.

It was delicious and all I needed, but as you’ll see Señor Honey was not quite ready to shut off his appetite.

The views from our table in the square ...

Oh gelato ... oh okay twist my arm, yes please! 

We continued our evening stroll heading back to “Apartamento Strachan” ... the Café (Casa Lola) right next door to our temporary home was buzzing with activity, Señor suggests we have a glass of wine and do some people watching. And since we are in Spain, Señor Honey decides he’d like a little tapas with his wine ... some of the famous Iberian ham! 

That’s it for our first day and night in Málaga, it’s still light out at 10pm as we head home.

I’ll be back with more photos and story telling soon ...