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first day in málaga

14 Thursday Dec 2017

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I’m here! And what a great first day it was. After l got to town l met Victor at the apartment (Casa de los Principes) and, after dropping off my bag, we headed out for lunch to somewhere I’d never been before – Los Mellizos. I was surprised to discover that Victor had never been there either! But as it’s one of Thane’s favourite places it was high time we checked it out. And well, it was fabulous. Old school, awful plastic menus with photos, but excellent food. We were having such a great time that l forgot to take a photo of Victor and had to get a screen grab from a short vid I’d made.

After lunch l met up with Ania who was briefly back from Poland to attend a seminar in Sevilla. She had also decided to take a day trip to Málaga while here so she could see the Christmas lights – and also see her friend Joanna. So we met at La Reserva 12 for a couple of penúltimas. By the time we poured Ania into a taxi to catch her train home l was ready to get back to my cosy apartment. But before l did that l went to Victor’s strategic location to try and get THAT shot of the lights from that unique vantage point. Victor was right, you really do have to climb between the clothes racks!

christmas málaga getaway 2017

13 Wednesday Dec 2017

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One more sleep until the annual Christmas Málaga Getaway. As always, looking forward to seeing the fabulous lights again. This incredible photo was taken by my friend Victor @welovemalaga last week, from a very strategic location.

This will actually be a mini-getaway, just two nights instead of the usual week away, but I plan on making the most of it, with a couple of Christmas lunches planned, visiting friends, etc. Yay!

lunch on the beach

28 Monday Aug 2017

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I had planned to do sea walks every morning while I was here… ha. Finally ended up doing ONE yesterday, out to Pedregalejo to have lunch at Andrés Maricuchi. It was like going home. As soon as Andrés saw me he came rushing out to give me a big kiss and Julián set up a nice table for us that caught a refreshing sea breeze. As the afternoon began to cloud over we walked back to the centre of Málaga for rooftop cocktails. An excellent final full day in Málaga.

Today is rainy – actually the forecast is for thunderstorms all day – so it will be a morning of museums before a final lunch and then HOME to the gatitos. I can’t wait to see them again.

beach boat barbecue

sardines, breaded rosada, tomato salad, boquerones al limón
sundowners at the rooftop bar of Roommate Valeria

postcard from archidona

26 Saturday Aug 2017

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I always love taking day trips with Victor @welovemalaga when I am visiting Málaga, and this time we chose to go to Archidona after I discovered that Victor had never been there. A rare treat for me to show him something new! As Peter @svqconcierge would be arriving in town Saturday morning we decided that would be a good day for all three of us to go, though I should have done my homework better as we missed the opening time for the Virgen de Gracia convent and castle. But we went up the mountain anyhow and were treated to some spectacular views.

We also had lunch at Arxiduna Restaurant, uniquely located inside caves in the main square (also unique for being the only octagonal square in Spain). I’ll be updating their page soon. I’d let them know that I was coming back and booked a table and, well, we were treated like royalty and given a special tasting menu. But more on that later.

On the way home Victor took a detour through the beautiful Montes de Málaga, a magnificent natural park and, as always, I learned so much more about this region and its history. Victor is not only a fount of knowledge but a gifted story teller. By the time we got back to Málaga we were zonked, so Peter went to crash at his hotel and I came “home” to shower and spent a lovely evening in Netflixing. The only thing missing was Morcilla…

Peter & Victor in Plaza de la Victoria, ArchidonaRestaurante Arxiduna

just trying to help…

25 Friday Aug 2017

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So I was in the Atarazanas Market yesterday and saw a couple of tourists looking over the display of various meats in manteca, which for those of you who don’t know are meats preserved in pork lard, often (but not always) coloured and flavoured with paprika. The man even leaned over to smell one of them at which point the vendor came over and said in his best English, “That is pork meat in butter!”.

Trying to be helpful I said to the couple that it was actually lard, not butter. Then I explained to the vendor that he was telling them it was pork in mantequilla (butter), not manteca (lard), and we all helped him with pronouncing this new word. The couple went away happy and the vendor said to me, “So what are you, a teacher?” And then he said, “I always say butter to them and they always understand me perfectly.” Well, I tried…