The good life mum: Malaga

Malaga morning brought mist and fog, and a big climb challenge by daddy, but after all of that food from the ship we needed to do a bit of calorie burning.

Gibralfaro Castle is 14th century and was built to house the troops and to protect the Alcazaba which is a Muslim palace fortress. The castle sits on top of a very high hill so that it dominates most of the city and offers panoramic views of the city below.

The walk up the many stairs and zig zaging paths took us a while and was quiet tiring but we got to see lots of lovely plants and views as we climbed, the walk was very tiring for Sophie's little legs and Daddy ended up getting a double work out as he had to carry her.

When we got to the top the views were amazing and we even got to see all that fog swirling around our ship making it look ghostly. Its amazing seeing the town below and their high rise buildings with the many people in them then seeing further back the ship which looks so much bigger and is a floating city in itself.

Sophie and daddy regained their sugar levels after a tiring climb and shared some sweeties and then we noticed a bus stop and then the bus delivering fresh faced visitors...... !!!

We entered the castle and had fun walking about the long walls looking out at the town below spotting landmarks there were lots of pillars with gun windows to and the guys played hide and seek

When we came off from teh walls there was a garden area and trees to cool off in and every little person should get the chance to climb trees.

We left and drove around the town to get a vibe for the place and saw lots of different styles of building old and new but most striking was the many blue trees we saw in the parks that were all in bloom, Beautiful.