I spent a week visiting K in Malaga and a different K in Paris 10 days after I arrived in Stockholm. This being my first real trip to Europe I decided to try and see as much of it as possible.
In Spain, K met me at the airport and after a short train ride, a walk through the old town center and up a really long staircase we reached her beautiful apartment.
The view from her balcony.
The picturesque alley she lives on.
Culture shocks #1 and 2: There is Dunkin' Donuts in Europe and they have espresso sized cups!
She lives right near this old plaza and imposing theater.
Tea break!
It has become clear to me that Cville's Mas really is a rip off. Real Spanish tapas in real Spanish portions.
Yum.
Nothing like some morning coffee and..
..a plaza of people to watch!
The Malaga museum is under construction and in the meantime the building is covered with this vertiginous and disorienting image.
I explored the Alcazaba, Malaga's Moorish fortress and the castle that was later added on.
Getting to the castle involved a steep hike, but the views were breath-taking.
The bull ring. Later that day K and I saw some fighters practicing inside with a bull dummy on a wheel barrow.
This landscape is definitely more green than Stockholm right now, so I felt right at home among the beaches, mountains and bushy tropical plants.
what a beautiful neighborhood and city!
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