El sur

My Oxford friend Ruth is living down in Málaga at the moment for her year abroad so Maria and I thought at the end of 2013 we'd capitalise on the situation and take the high speed AVE down to visit. The AVE is somewhat pricey, but you're there in just over two hours which is very impressive for what would be a five in the car.

Our weekend involved eating, drinking, seeing the sites, and some more eating - you know, for good measure.

Julia Cupcakes were divine,

One of the highlights for me was the calamari with squid-ink alioli,

A tetería, which are these North African tea-rooms. Picture yourself with a cinnamon-sweetened coffee, mint tea or smoothie made with fruits and spices,

The city is walk-able yet there's still quite a lot to see, even in winter when the beach isn't as much of an option.

Here's my photo of the Roman Theatre's museum which reminds me of some sort of advertising poster,

A green-eyed cat just snoozing between the Teatro Romano and Alcazaba,

This place by the port, complete with Andalusian orange trees,

And the cathedral on street view mode,

We actually liked Málaga (and like Ruth) so much that we went back just before Easter and that trip will be the subject of my three posts.