Christmas in Malaga

After a 2 night crossing we arrived on December 23rd to the southern coastal town of Malaga, Spain. We had smooth seas and calm winds and a very promising beginning of our trip. Malaga is a beautiful town in the Andalucian province and was much infrluenced by the Moors years ago. Mariusz lived here for several years and so has been a good guide for us, showing us all of the highlights.

The town went  all out with it's decorations for the Holidays and we enjoyed just walking around and taking it all in.
The Captain all bundled up before the Christmas tree:

 The middle of town full of people and lovely lights:

 The trees all light up as the cars whirl around them on the avenue:

A selfie as we wish each of you a Happy Holiday Season:

 Christmas Eve was cold and blustery so we decided to eat close to the boat in the harbor area. We usually know better, but were intrigued and lured with the possibility of Mexican food. And of course, we were curious when the sign said Indian/Mexican Cuisine. You might ask "What were they thinking?", as that is just the question we were asking ourselves after the meal that truly could NOT be called cuisine of any kind!!! All of the waiters and cooks were Indian and probably did cook wonderful Indian food but Mexican?  not even close…. We did enjoy the Sangria (of course, it is Spain, by God) and laughed a lot as we listened to old renditions of Christmas carols by Jimmy Durante and Andy Williams.

Christmas day was just too cold and rainy so we never left the boat to go anywhere and ended up eating popcorn for dinner.

But we did have good wine and tapas one afternoon at one of Mariusz favorite restaurants named El Pimpi. This is the beautiful flowery entrance to it:

And these are the barrels of sweet wine in the restaurant:

Malaga is the birthplace and home of Picasso, so he is honored with a museum and many monuments such as this statue in a town square. As you can see, Mariusz is very good friends with him:

Just 2 lovers strolling the town:

The day after Christmas the rain stopped and we finally had sunshine. We had always wanted to try the Segways and this was our chance. After 3 minutes (literally) of instruction off we went up the top of the hill to the Castle. It's amazing how intuitive those things are and we really had fun.

This is at the top at the castle overlooking the bullring, the town, the harbor and the sea:

All in all, Malaga has been great fun and a good holiday experience. And now we head on down the coast to Gibraltar.