What is Malaga?

Monday, February 22, 2019

What is Malaga?

            To be honest, I have never been to Malaga, Spain in my whole life and for the longest time it has been in the back of my head for a long time. For some random reason I booked a trip to travel down to Andalucía once again and this time I visited Malaga. The whole process was nice and easy. I used an app on my phone called Go Euro which is a universal travel agency that finds you the cheapest flights, trains, buses etc. I was able to find a bus for round trip that cost 30 euros and then for accommodation I used Airbnb to rent a room for 3 nights which cost $48. 

            One of the things I wished I did was do a little research on the area and what to do. Instead, I show up at this beach city and right away I was lost and had no idea what was cool to do in Malaga. My first day I went for a walk into the center of town and just looked around. I was a bit disappointed right from the start and asked myself about why I chose to come to Malaga. Soon I decided to walk down the city and on the far left I saw an area where you can hike up and get a great view of the city. I decided to hike up. As I hiked up, little by little more and more things started to unravel. I found out where I was hiking up to the castle of Gibralfaro which right off the bat gave me a hint that it was an Arab castle. I still have yet to look it up on Google to confirm but I am very keen with architecture and know when something was built by the Moors or not. This place was and it only served its purpose to the tourists as a place to just get a great sight out of Malaga. One of my best pictures taken come from this discovery I made. After I did that, I learned that there was another castle nearby called the Alcazaba and it was near a Roman theater. Things just got better for me already for this Malaga trip. I literally traveled blindsided into this beach city and was able to get that virgin experience of seeing something for the first time. It was great. I had the opportunity to see the Alcazaba and Roman theater. By the time I made those big discoveries, I found out that Cadiz was famous for the castles, the Roman theater, the Pablo Picasso museum, the Cathedral they have in the center of town and of course the beach. I then decided to leave the Cathedral and Pablo Picasso museum for Sunday. Later on, Saturday I ran into an international cinema. I was so blown away because the ticket prices were 6 euros and was cheap. I decided to watch The Green Book which eventually won Best Picture at the Oscars the next day for 2019. I saw the beach first and then went to see the film. That whole day was jam packed. The lesson I want to highlight about it is that when you are heading towards a specific destiny, observe and jump into things you see along the way because sooner or later you learn the purpose. I learned the whole purpose of how to travel in the city of Malaga. It is a place I will only go back to if my family goes with me. I will not go back there alone. 

            For Sunday, I went through the Pablo Picasso museum which was split up into different phases of the artist and his styles. I loved every minute of it. After that I went inside the Cathedral and it was not that impressive to me. I liked it but I feel like because I have seen so much of Spanish Cathedrals, it has me phased. And, I also ended up watching another film. All in all, the trip was great! I learned so much about Spain and about myself. I am glad it happened the way it should have.