Malaga

Today is effectively a “ bonus day” due to our Morocco ports being cancelled. I got up at 7 and had a walk around the jogging track. We are seemingly now into cooler weather, with today being only 19 in Malaga.

We had breakfast in The Marquee and then had a relaxing morning in our suite. We finally got a call from Guest Relations about our suitcase that is to be shipped home after the cruise! So we went and got the paperwork and had a light lunch in the Art Cafe.

We met our bus for a 1pm tour, “Malaga Highlights”. We first drove up to the castle for the hilltop castle, Gibralfaro. Lots of views of Malaga including the bullring, still used for about 3 days a year.

Malaga beach - very popular place

Bullring in the centre

We drove back down to the city centre. We had a walk around, seeing the remains of an old Roman amphitheatre as well as a place where Picasso once lived. He was born in Malaga.

Restaurant owned by Antonio
Banderas

Ian and friend

Wendy and Picasso

We were meant to go up to the top of the Alcazaba, the old fortress. There is a lift to go up, but it was broken, and we didn’t fancy the climb up and back again. So we opted to take a one hour break. We went to a nearby cafe for coffee and a couple of tapas.

We rejoined the group for a short walk to the cathedral which features 42m high ceilings and very elaborate choir.

Malaga Cathedral

We were supposed to have free time after that, but as a group we decided not to, and to go back to the ship. The ship was meant to depart at 6pm but due to traffic issues, we didn’t leave until 7:30.

I thought we were booked into Kaiseki for an 8pm dinner. We went to the Panorama lounge for a drink and fronted up for dinner, only to be told our booking was for tomorrow night! I blame the change in ports. Anyway we decided to have dinner at SALT Kitchen. Ian had salt cod and prawns, while I had tiny meatballs and pork. I had ice cream for dessert.

Ian's favourite - espresso martini