Authentic Bites, Boundless Yums
Then I had a few days on my own, while my brother went for work. Fuengirola is a beautiful town, and as my brother lived only few metres from the beach, I work up early to go to the seaside and enjoy the sunrise. It was some priceless moments, and I could feel how much I needed this kind of space during a hard time. I felt so grateful while enjoying those moments, and they helped me to recover and come back to the normal.
You may know, that I’m a foodie. Like the famous danish author, H C Andersen used to say that “to travel is to live”, for me it’s “to eat is to live”. What’s life without enjoying great gastronomy? 😇😄
After visiting the MIMA, we walked down the streets of the Centro. We were a bit thirsty, so my brother took me to his favourite café (or cake place) – La Victoria, where we got some cake and something to drink.
Hereafter we went for another walk down the Centro, where we walked by the Teatro Romano and then the Catedral de Málaga. My brother hadn’t been to the Málaga cathedral, so he asked if I wanted to go inside and see it. I motly have a creepy feeling when it comes to churches. Especially as a child, I used to be a bit scared of the atmosphere in churches – mostly because of funerals are taken place in churches. But when he asked, I was like okay, he is asking, so let’s go..
Well, ehm yes.
Living close to the beach is luxury to me. That week gave me one of the best sunrises and mornings in my entire life, because I love the beach and that meditative effect sunrises at beaches give.
Did you know it’s actually pronounced Fu-en-hi-ro-la? Neither I, so I was happy when a native from Fuengirola corrected me 🙂
If you ever plan to travel to Andalucia, you can stay in Fuengirola. It’s much cheaper than Málaga, and there is this C1 train from Fuengirola to Málaga 3 times an hour, and it only takes 30 min. I loved this travel, because you get to see Costa del Sol throughout the travel by train. I did this every day, and some days even 2-3 times. Hehe 😉
Can you see the cute parrots here? 😉
Okay. After that walking through in Fuengirola to CC Miramar and some hours at the beach, we were of course hungry. My brother asked me if I was in mood for Mexican food. I was like “ehm, maybe”, but could feel he really wanted Mexican food for dinner, and I didn’t want to spoil anything, so I said ok. He took me to one of his favourite Mexican restaurants, Cantina Mariachi, at Calle Larga, and promised that I wouldn’t regret. And I didn’t. I came back few days later 😉
We both went for his favourite dish – an XL burrito in a vegetarian version, they made for us. It was sooooo good. Yummmm.
Also the staff is friendly and talkative. You feel like you’ve known them for ages!
The good part is that this restaurant (and many others) are located only 5 minutes by walk from my brother’s apartment. And Calle Larga definitely a great spot for dining!
Then we went to Plaza de la Constitucion. This place is indeed one of my favourite spots in Fuengirola. I am really looking forward to go back. Pl. de la Constituion is like a place for socializing it seems, and it happens just in front of the church.
As long as I was there, something happened every evening – concerts, live shows, etc., and the atmosphere was so cozy.
I just returned from a much-needed holiday in Andalucia. I recently went to Fuengirola (Málaga), as my brother lived there at that moment. I hadn’t seen him since august 2021, so I was pretty much excited to see him again – and of course travel and get away from a litterally depressing period in mu life! Andalucía was what I really needed, and I don’t regret it at all.
Travelling alone is always fun to me, because I’m an introvert, and I actually love my own company 😉 Of course, I was visiting my brother and I was going to stay with him, but I was travelling alone, as he was working at that time. I was totally okay with that. Had it been 10 years back I wouldn’t have done this, but now I feel so comfortable going alone in unknown places, and I’m actually not scared.