Week one of Málaga

Lugging around luggage. Yes, those words are supposed to be similar. Having one large suitcase, one small suitcase, and an over the shoulder bag is way too much when you keep switching living situations without any form of transportation besides walking.

We arrived in Velez-Málaga on Friday afternoon after a long day of traveling.  Once we get settled into the hotel, Robby and I decide to go find a place for lunch. We end up wandering around this little city without a map and with no clue where we're going. It's a very cute little town and it seems like there are very friendly people here. They definitely observe siesta though, because upon walking back from lunch (around 3:30/4ish) there was hardly a single store open. Which was fine by me. After such a long day of traveling, I welcomed it.

Then began our apartment hunt. We decided that we wanted to definitely live in Torre del Mar instead of Velez-Málaga after the first night here. We went out for tapas/drinks and there was hardly a soul on the street. It becomes a ghost town here on the weekends since everyone goes to Torre then. So starting Saturday, a bunch of us just go around Torre del Mar, walking down every street and calling the number on every "se alquila" sign hanging from balconies. Frustrating but necessary. We probably got an answer 1 out of every 10 numbers we called.  Turns out that there is pretty much a monopoly of real estate angencies on the market so half of the ones we get an answer from are one of these companies.

Sunday we go to one agency and we get to look at a few places. One of them, a house (not a stand alone house, but a house nonetheless)! The price had just been lowered substantially, so it was finally in our price range.  Pictures to come soon. Oh, and did I mention that it's probably about 50 meters or less to the beach?

View from our top terrace

Our living room with our very own fireplace

In our down time, between looking for an apartment, looking for phones, etc. we had some amazing relaxing time on the beach! Is this real life? The water is so clear here. The sand is a little less fine and it's a little more black than the sand from home, but it's still beautiful hot sand.  Of course, I burned a little. But not too much. Hopefully that's a sign that no bad burns will be in my future.

The rest of this week will be moving into our new home and relaxing on the beach. Interspersed with getting ready for my first day of school which will be Monday!

(Photos coming soon. I won't have internet for a couple of days, so I just wanted to get this posted for all of you who read this.)