Junio - a month of sea swimming

June has come in fast!

For this month we are making like tourists in the city of Malaga so the plan is to go swimming in the sea everyday and to partake in regular tapas, wine and cerveza sessions! 

We've also visited a few restaurants that we had been eying up and have made reservations for a few more for the end of the month.

Surprisingly we have also visited with friends in their homes with people beginning to relax over covid - many of them have also begun to get their vaccines of which we will get ours back in Ireland. It's felt so normal going to people's homes with a drinks socialiser two weeks ago and dinner on a terrace on Saturday night and now an invite to an art collector's home on Tuesday night (he has bought some PIGSY pieces).

Here's a few pics of some of the things we have done and the tapas we have partaken in.

Normally we try and go to the beach first thing in the morning and then go for a coffee at the Marina afterwards. But if we go later in the day, we bring a cool bag and enjoy a cold Coca Cola Zero and Beer afterwards.

Bones loves life here in Malaga and always enjoys hanging out in bars with us. He is generally content enough to let me have a glass of wine and Ciaran to have a glass or two of beer before he gets bored and barks at us to go.

Above is food from a nice little spot at the side of the market. It was somewhere that I had wanted to try for awhile and I was glad I visited before we left the city.

La Compana was Ciaran's choice and I really liked it!! Very traditional, great atmosphere and fantastic food. I hope we go back there!

It's about 100 meters from our apartment on Calle Granada.

Here's a funny story about something that happened us when we visited with friends for drinks. We knew the host from our recent language course and were introduced to his wife on arrival to his home. When I was chatting about where we lived she revealed that she had lived in the same building two floor below us. This was quite coincidental as there are only 7 apartments in our block. It got more strange when we discovered that another guest at the socialiser had lived in our actual apartment a few years ago......and she was Irish too!  Small world - it sure gave us all a laugh. What are the chances?!

Celebration Ice Cream - Casa Mira

Casa Mira has been serving ice cream (helado!) in Malaga since the late 1800's. We went there to celebrate PIGSY selling a sculpture about 2/3 weeks ago - but have since returned a few times as he sold two more painting since then! One of the paintings is now in Torremolinos and another is on its way to Dublin. The art life is seriously exciting!