Malaga Day 1

Our annual birthday mini-break this year is probably going to be our last European jaunt before the horror of brexit so we decided to come back to Malaga cos we love it.

Our flight was delayed so we didn't land til 8pm, luckily it is Spain so we were right on time for dinner.

We jumped on the train into town and by 845 we were checked into our hotel - Hotel Atarazanas. We've stayed here before so we knew it was decent and for only €60 a night it was a perfect choice. It's across the road from the central food market and also out favourite breakfast place, but more about that tomor.

After checking in we headed up to Bar Orellana hoping to have food there but it's tiny and it was rammed. Giving up, we grabbed a seat outside Pepe y Pepe and had a couple of tapas and a couple of cañas and decided what to do. We sat there for a while enjoying some jamon croquettas and patatas ali oli and decided we'd go back to Orellana in a wee while and see if it had calmed down.

When we arrived back it was still busy but we managed to grab a wee shelf so we decided to stay. They had the local Victoria beer which always delights me so we ordered a couple of cañas then ordered some food. We shared some really really spicy potatoes, a giant meatball and some unbelievably delicious roast pork. We even managed to get a seat at the bar half way through. Orellana is tiny and cramped and oh so good, I can't recommend it enough.

Stuffed we decided to head back to the hotel for a reasonably early night.  Our beds have really comfy memory foam mattresses so I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep before our first whole day tomorrow.