On my third day in Malaga, we went to get churros, called tejeringos, for breakfast. I was with Emma and her flatmate, who both speak Spanish, but there was still a slight miscommunication with the waiter (it could be because he wasn't looking at us and seemed to be barely listening while we were ordering...). We ordered three cappuccinos and three churros con chocolate. About twenty minutes later a different waiter brought over two orders of plain churros, and then five minutes after that he brought three cappuccinos and three hot chocolates. He brought us each a hot chocolate instead of bringing chocolate dipping sauce for the churros. We pointed this out, and he was clearly annoyed, but he took the hot chocolates away and brought us a teeny pot of chocolate to dip into. It was a little awkward, but the churros were good!
Tejeringos
After breakfast, Emma and I walked to the bus stop to catch a bus to Nerja, a seafront resort town on the Costa del Sol. Nerja is basically the image I see in my mind when I think of Spain.
It was an hour long bus trip from Malaga to Nerja, and once we arrived we spend some time wandering around the town. The roads are thin and winding, and lined with tourist shops selling t-shirts saying 'Nerja' and the like. The buildings are mostly white and blue, and the sky was bright blue, the ocean was turquoise...I felt like I was on the Costa del Sol for sure! After strolling and seeing the sights, we got some paella to split, then got ice cream and headed down to the beach, where we sunbathed for a while.
We went into this restaurant to use the bathroom (it was where we ate too, but we ate outside) and there was a cage full of budgies on the wall in the storeroom.
This is the beach where we sat after lunch.
On my last day in Nerja, Emma had class in the morning again, so I headed to explore the cathedral. It's massive and archaic, and was filled mainly with elderly British tourists. After her class, we hung out on the beach in Malaga. We also went to a very cool rooftop bar for drinks.
