Malaga, Spain

We stayed in a very cool hostel for this part of our journey, it was run by a family who lived in half of it and turned the remaining section into an eclectic hostel. Noelle and I spent our days here laying on the beach, eating delicious paella, exploring the tiny streets, and hiking huge hills in the grueling heat. It seems like everyone in this tiny town was out on the beaches on these crazy hot couple of days that we were there so naturally Noelle and I had to join them and start working on our tans! I got the sense that everyone was staring at me due to my extreme paleness.
I spent my 22nd birthday in Malaga and as it hit midnight we followed some locals who looked like they were headed for a good night and ended up in a little bar that was crawling with local 20 something year olds. on our way home I convinced Noelle to stop in another bar.. as we entered we saw the one and only couple dancing and as an old man swivled around in his wheelchair we knew it was time to head home, the peak of the night had clearly come and gone haha.
The next day we hiked to the top of a huge hill with a glorious old castle at the top. It was quite the victory considering how hot it was that day.. not to mention we were both wearing shoes with ZERO traction and for some reason these paths were paved with slippery stones.. needless to say we were exhausted, sunburned, sweaty messes once we finally reached the top. The beautiful views of the whole city of Malaga were definitely worth the treck.
Our last night, my birthday night we heard that it was their patron Saints day which of course meant there was a huge celebration on the beach. We followed the masses heading toward the beach, not knowing what to expect. We arrived to what seemed like EVERYONE and their mother on this beach all dancing around and enjoying the live concert! a great way to spend my birthday :) OH i also introduced Noelle to calimocho, a perfect way to enjoy a CHEAP bottle of red wine.. just add coke.. try it, it makes an undrinkable bottle of red wine kind of decent!