Allright people! I'm sorry I haven’t posted anything for a while, but I’ve been busy (yeah right!) doing things… :D Anyways, two weeks have passed here in Spain and I guess it’s time to take a little peak what's exactly been going on here, aye? Lot of this is all actually quite unbelievable, but read it yourself!
Let’s start with last weeks weekend which I already mentioned you. Just why did I end up some 200 km away from Sevilla in Malaga for just one day visit only? Well here’s what happened: a good old childhood-friend of mine from Joensuu called me during the week. I was just at work at the moment and couldn’t answer it right then. I thought: “Okay, he’s in Finland so I’ll have to get back to him when or IF I remember.” But here’s the scary part: Just the night before I had had a dream where this same friend of mine appeared! And in the dream I was supposed to meet him, but I didn’t, and he was angry for me because of that – in the dream I mean.
The first impression of Malaga, Andalucia. Estacion de Malaga María Zambrano
Well… after that I totally forgot about the whole episode (naturally :D). I didn’t remember it until on Friday night when I was enjoying this marvelous
cerveza grande on this nice little street bar in Sevilla. I thought I could give my friend a call and ask what was he calling about. So I called him:
-“Hi, what’s up? You called me earlier this week. You know, I’m here in Spain now so...”
- “Yeah I know. I’m in Malaga.”
- “WHAT? Whatta hell? What are you there for?”
- “Well, I’ve been traveling around Spain for 3 weeks now. Right now I’m in here and it’s my last weekend.”
- “I’m so there!”
And the next morning I was sitting on a train to Malaga! It’s about 200km to the southeast. Takes about 2 hours 45 minutes and 19,85€ to get there by train. So not so bad really!
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| Some dudes sk8boardin'... |
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| ...at the flood water canal! :) |
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Already on the way there I realized the difference in this country as the level and country-like views of Sevilla changed to these "kinda-like-mountain" hills as I was watching the view on my way to the coast. When I got to Malaga, it felt great! Why? Well because of the coastal climate: Warm but not hot, moisture but not pressuring, just great. As I walked out of the station, I immediately rated Malaga not as close as classy as Sevilla. Malaga is more like a tourist city and obviously a harbour city. But all in all, it felt great!
My friend was living at this nice, clean and laid-back hostel almost in the city centre. One night cost 10 Euros so it wasn’t too expensive either! At the hostel we met this nice girl from Austria who's going to appear in the story later! Basically, what we did the rest of the night, was partying our reunion in Spain by visiting all kinds of bars and clubs in the city. I felt a bit tired somewhere around 4 am so I left back to the hostel. My friend, he still stayed, although he had a flight back to Finland
11.30 am the next day…
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| They sure got some big churches in Spain! |
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| The city at night time. |
The next day I awoke at 10 am… aand saw my friend still sleeping in his bunk! I woke him up and said: “If you catch the taxi right now, in 5 minutes, you just might make it!” :D He had been partying until 7 o’clock in the morning and then slept about 2-3 hours! Obviously “Johnny, la gente esta muy loca” is not very far from the truth! :D I went to have a long shower and my friend had gone by the time I got back. Did he make it? Well make a guess in the comment box I'll tell you guys... ;) Anyway, I took the next train to back to Sevilla and kissed Malaga goodbye… At least for a while!
Soundtrack:
Sak Noel - Paso (Nini anthem)
I'm telling to you mama, there is no need for a drama,
but I don't wanna study, I just wanna party.
I'm a nini ma', you know what a nini is?
Don't wait for me awake, I'lI come at home late.
Maybe at five, maybe at six,
look at me mum, I'm dressing like a... bitch.
