Sweet Odyssey: Nerja

Another bus ride away from Ronda and we arrived at Nerja, which is a resort town on the east of Costa del Sol (Sun Coast) in the Malaga Province. From the bus stop we walked for about ten minutes dragging our luggages to our hotel. The hotel is located at the Balcon de Europa, the centre of the old town, which is also a viewing point showing stunning panoramic view of the sea and the coasts around it.

The sun already set when we reached the hotel. And the next day was my sister's birthday. The five of us planned to give her a surprise at midnight. After dinner we spent our time chatting in one of the rooms and by midnight we turned off the lights and sang her happy birthday. We also gave her the presents we bought from Toledo. It was very hard to make it a surprise as she was with us the whole time. But still, it was a very fun night together.

The next morning we went out to the beach. Some of us went sun tanning and some of us walked around the beach and the Balcon de Europa. I must say the view from Balcon de Europa was just unbelievable. The sky was bright blue sat perfectly on top of the blue water. I could see the skyline very clearly. It was amazing.

The old town itself was very touristy. There were many tourists around and I found that the majority were pensioners from the UK. I overheard some of them talking about retirement money and similar topics. I didn't see many young people around except for those who came with their parents.

I also noticed there were many street cats around the area. I talked to one lady from the UK who had been there for a week or two feeding the street cats there. I think there were around ten or more cats gathered near her when she came with the cat food. She said she had been feeding them since she arrived and she only had a few days left in Nerja. She was worried no one would feed the cats after she left. She was one very caring lady.

Nerja, a pleasing city with amazing beach and sea view, is unforgettable. I still remember the sun shining brightly, the blue sky, the blue ocean, and the light breezy wind. The city was very laid back and it made me feel that the time had stopped and let me have a good time there. But then again, we had to rush out for our next destination, Granada. This would be the last city before going back to Barcelona.

Photos by me, MT, AW, HM, JK.