¡Hola! Spain is wonderful and Clare and I are really loving it! Malaga is great... lots of cafes, the beach is a short walk, lots of shopping. Basically, everything we need for a vacation! :) I think some people think we are crazy for staying in Malaga for this long, but we are happy and just enjoying every minute of it. It is not as busy a city as others, from what we hear, but we are not into the hustle and bustle of things right now anyway. We don´t even take a watch with us for most of the day. So liberating!! Definitely a huge change from the typically overscheduled lives we lead at home!
To back track for a second... we had plane problems and arrived here about 12hrs later than expected. Because of this, all of the information desks at the airport were closed, as we arrived after 10pm. And, for some reason, NO ONE else could offer us a city map! We got on the bus in a hurry after exchanging some money and decided to figure it out when we got to our stop. As we are looking for our street name on a map we found (mall style), a nice gentleman comes to ask where we are trying to find. He ended up helping us find the place, even calling the hostel to ask for directions because HE didn´t even know our street and he was a local guy! Yes, yes, we were very cautious and paying close attention to where we were going--no worries. But seriously, we would have NEVER found this place without his help. Clare and I decided that he was our first (and hopefully, only?) major miracle. AND... here´s some irony for you. We also decided he must have been sent our way because at just that moment, both of our bosses (both named Frank) must have been thinking about us... the guy helping us was also named Frank. RIDICULOUS. I´ve never known so many guys named Frank and all of a sudden, I know three! haha... lame, I know, but whatev.
Interesting tidbits:
1. Lots of people singing or playing the accordian for change... quite talented, in most cases. Besides one guy who ´´sings´´... I think we got a good video of him. Hilarious.
2. Business Hours. There are none? No rhyme or reason for a place being open or closed. Open during busy/lunch hours, and again for dinner... ok, this makes sense for Spain, but there is no uniformity to it. So confusing.
3. Banks. Only open until about 1-2pm! Lines are long... ALWAYS. And I haven´t seen a transaction of any kind take less than 5minutes. Also, if you want to sit rather than stand in line, you can and everyone will still acknowledge your place in line.
4. Restaurants. This seems to be hit or miss, but sometimes we have really fast service, and other times it takes 10-15mins to even get our drinks. At ´checkout´ time, we have had to ask for our check every single time. Not sure if that´s just how it goes here, or they just sit and mingle much longer than we are accustomed to.
5. Beaches, and fashion in general. People wear absolutely whatever they want. Everyone. It is not so matchy-matchy, and definitely not what people at home would consider body-type appropriate. They have no shame, and it´s kinda awesome.
6. People. Not the cheeriest folks I´ve run into... not much laughing or smiling in general. Unfortunate, because Clare and I are doing both of those things about 98% of the time, haha... some guy actually mocked us a couple night ago because we happened to be laughing as we walked past and he started cackling to make fun... he´s just jealous he wasn´t walking around with us. hahaha
Ok, that´s a lot for one post. Clare was just getting showered up and I thought I´d give anyone who reads this something to read! :) lol... hope all is well at home! We miss all of you and are always thinking of you. Oh, and if you don´t recognize us when we get back, it´s probably just because we´ll seem to have changed races, hahaha... soooo tan after just a few days. LOVE IT!! :)
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