After a loooong day of travel yesterday and a good hard sleep I (Bailey) woke up this morning eager to explore. I passed la Catedral de Málaga on my way to the paseo del parque, where I met a friendly older malagueño who was keen on showing me around the beach and port. 
After parting ways with José, I wandered a bit more before finding el mercado central de Atarazanas where I partook in some semi-adventurous eating. 
After the market, I wandered a bit more where I ran into a lot of cool street art, ancient Roman ruins, & la Plaza del Merced.
I swung by the University of Málaga after, where there just happened to be a student art exhibition – they’ve got some talent! 
I’m writing this blog post on a park bench in los jardines de Pedro Luis Alfonso. I was thinking I would do a bit of reading before heading back to the hostel, but I got intrigued by some stairs near the garden and my photos wouldn’t upload there, so the rest of this post is NOT written from the park bench. I climbed some stairs and ramps and more stairs and more ramps and finally reached the top of the hill where I used my sneaky staff ID for a student discount to get into the Gibralfaro for less than 1/2 the price of regular admission (this act was inspired by Emma Griese). Let me tell you, the Gibralfaro has some VIEWS. 
The descent was perhaps more difficult than the ascent, but I made it down unscathed. There just happens to be a Málaga Gastronomy Festival going on this weekend, so I also grabbed some bites & a DELICIOUS tempranillo. 
Couldn’t resist stopping to grab a bit of “healthy” helado on my way back to the hostel. 
I took a nice nap after ice cream, then headed upstairs for a happy hour at the hostel with delicious mojitos. They also had tapas for 5€ tonight and only ~5 people signed up, so we absolutely feasted. 
Now I am drinking some tinto de verano contemplating whether I want to go on a pub crawl or to a flamenco bar!
Amherst Amies 
Love this Bailey!
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