Driving along the Mediterranean on a bright sunny day leaves me awestruck. Rolling fields of hay, grazing cattle and the numerous tunnels we went through on our way to Malaga seems like a scene out of a movie.
We arrive at our caravan park outside of the city, take a quick lunch and walk a block to the train station.
And that’s what we did because the train was packed and we didn’t understand a word they said.
Off at the city’s center we looked around to figure out where to go to enter the fortress known as Alcazaba. I chose to follow the crowd and I was right.
Romans took it over in the 1700s but my husband would tell you my world history is lacking. old coliseum surrounded by a moat in the front and then you start walking….
I loved it for the stone architecture but admired it for the use of stones and plantings.
The elaborate fountains fed by water dripping from the top of the fortress down small aqueducts.
Looking down from the fortress to the cruise dock below. Strange dichotomy standing on the old and looking at the new.
Elaborate windows with balconies adorn the city center. Time for dinner and wine.
Coastal Spanish cuisine, where to start.
Curried mussels
Sardines with chimichuri sauce
Garlic prawns
Pork stuffed dumplings
And a bottle of dry white wine
All for 50 euro
Plans for today will begin after the torrential rains stop around noon.
Jill
Broads Abroad 
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