The first place I visited on the 22nd of September was Córdoba. It is a gorgeous little town with plenty to see. We visited some arabic baths, the mosque/cathedral which can I say is INCREDIBLE.. Half of it is mosque and the other half cathedral and as you walk from the lowly lit mosque area into the cathedral the light comes streaming in. The differences in design are very apparent. And it is all the same building, woweee!
We also visited some other ancient buildings with gorgeous gardens. It was sooooo hot that day though, by the time we finished looking around we were parched! Luckily lunch there was very cheap. I definitely recommend a visit to Córdoba to anyone who is interested in looking around lovely historical towns.
Córdoba
Secondly, I went to Sevilla on the 6th October. Wow, what a brilliant place. It is huge and definitely not a day trip location. There is so much to see. We visited the cathedral and some other lovely buildings. Again the arabic influence is apparent there too. Unfortunately we only had about 7hours there as it takes 3hours on the coach to get there from Granada so we didn't see as much as we could have. It was so worthwhile though, even though we were very tired by the end of the day. Not surprising considering the 6hours traveling!!
Sevilla
The week just gone I had my boyfriend to stay with me. It was great playing tour guide and being able to explore places I hadn't seen before. His flight home was early Monday morning so we had to spend the Sunday night in a hotel as there weren't any coaches that would make it to Malaga on time before his flight. We decided that it would be a nice idea to go to Malaga for 2nights so that we could explore the town and go to the beach on Saturday.
Well!!.. Malaga is shocking! Such an ugly town with nothing to do or see. The beach and the port were the only good things about the place. It is honestly the worst place in Spain I have ever been to. There was rubbish all over the streets and the poverty there seemed rife.
In order to get to our hotel from Malaga coach station we took a bus to the airport as our hotel was very close by. We had to take a taxi from the airport as we couldn't walk it due to all the motorway by the airport/hotel. When we pulled up outside the hotel the driver announced that it cost €19 - the minimum charge for an airport pick up even though the journey only lasted 5mins. What a joke. We were furious (I am still not over this!).
In order to not spend more money we tried to walk into town. We managed to get over the motorway via a bridge but then found ourselves in some sort of heath-land that went on forever with no escape. We could see where we wanted to go but couldn't get there. Eventually we found a gap in the fence and climbed though to civilisation. Unfortunately we were still very much on the outskirts of the town and it was an utter s**t hole!
On the plus side we managed to go to the beach on Sunday and got a tan but rest assured I will never be venturing into Malaga again besides making trips to the airport!
Beach!!
I just figured out how to add pictures so I am very excited now!! Hahaha.
To round off, I am off to do some uni work now yawn.. Looking forward to my family visiting me in 12days :D.
Peace out niños!! <3
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