We'll I've Never Been to Spain, But I kind of like the Music :)

First day in Spain.  WOW!  It was sooo beautiful there!  One of my favourite places I visited.  We were so excited about the warm sunny weather than Amanda and I packed all sundresses and skirts to wear there which was awesome except all of the Spaniards gave us funny looks because they thought the upper 70 degree weather is cold.  Amanda and I woke up early and got ready to ride the bus into the city to meet up with Clare and Emily.  Emily acted as our personal tour guide the first two days in Malaga so we set off to the Castillo de Gibralfaro.  Here is a better description of it than I can give, "The Castillo de Gibralfaro in Malaga is situated above the Alcazaba and is connected by a path at the eastern end of the Alcazaba. It was built in the 14th and 15th centuries by the Muslim King Yusuf....The castle was constructed as a fortress to defend the Alcazaba against the spread of artillery use. The fortification includes the defensive devices of a large flanking tower, a rampart perimeter adapted to the terrain by zigzaging walls and an angled gateway."  It was an intense climb (another time in Europe when we found ourselves climbing a mountain) but the view was spectacular.  From here you could view the dock, the meditteranean sea, and the entire city.  We walked around for a good part of the morning and then we made the trek back down.  We stopped by a chino (type of store) and picked up some beach towels and then went to the Mercadona for a picnic lunch.  Amanda and bought some gouda cheese (really good), crackers, and a bag of mandrinos (mandarin oranges).  We met up on the beach and sunbathed, ate, and played in the water.  It was really awesome to go into the Mediterranean Sea because I never thought I would.  While we were there there were a lot of waves up at the shore which apparently is very unusual for this body of water.  The waves were pretty intense at some points.  Between Amanda and I, we ate almost the entire bag of oranges in one afternoon---they were SO good!  We also took a siesta on the beach and it was glorious!  We headed back at late afternoon to shower and rest because we planned to meet up at 11pm to go out (Spainards don't even start to go out for the night until like midnight! so crazy!).  Amanda and I went up to the city centre and did some shopping and ate dinner (they eat really late too) at 100 Manneditos.  It took us a while to figure out how to order but we found the sandwiches we got interestingly good. Clare, Emily, and some of Emily's friends from her school met us for Salsa Dancing.  We danced the night away and it was really fun!  It is always interesting to dance with people who don't speak English because we had to try to communicate using the little bit of spanish I know.  Overall it was just a great night!