I visited Spain three years ago and saw four different areas of the country.  There are still other areas of Spain I would like to see such as Barcelona, but I do feel like I saw a pretty good cross-section of the country.  I'm writing this post from memory so I'm afraid it won't be as detailed as if I had written it three years ago after the trip.

I started out in Malaga which is in the southern part of the country and made day trips to the rock of Gibraltar and to a charming beach town called Nerja.  While visiting these three areas I was fortunate enough to have my high school friend join me who now know lives in Sweden.  She was a very good tour guide as she knows how to drive in Europe which I never would have dared to do by myself.  Of course having a great friend from way back join me made the trip 10 times more fun.  We would have enjoyed the trip no matter where we were!        

After leaving Malaga I went to Madrid for a few days.  As some of you may know, I am not much of a city person and Madrid is a very large city in my opinion.  I thought the architecture and buildings were beautiful and I learned a lot about the history of the country by going on a tour. 

  The rock of Gibraltar was fascinating to see.  The monkeys were so much fun.  They were not aggressive at all compared to the ones I saw in Bali. 

From what I have seen in Spain so far I would say that the beach town, Nerja, was my favorite.  It's definitely an area I would love to go back and visit.  I thought it was really beautiful, clean not a very big town with still plenty to do. 

My photos are not the best either I didn't have any knowledge of photography at the time I have tried to improve them but that is hard to do without a raw file.  I had no idea what to take photographs of or how to take them and definitely not how to edit them.  That is something that I am working at getting better at now. 

Here are some photos of the rock of Gibraltar and a concert hall inside it:

My friend and I at the Rock Of Gibraltar:

I thought the babies were adorable!

The following few photos are of the southern section of the country called Malaga.  The following is a photo of the marina.  There are a lot of nice restaurants and shops.  It was a great place to have lunch and dinner.

This park was right behind the hotel:

My one souvenir from Malaga - I only bought the purse because it matched my shoes so well!

 The following few photos are of Nerja:

Here are a few somewhat pathetic attempts at taking photos in Madrid:




Lastly, here are a few photos of my friend and I goofing off at a restaurant we liked and frequented:

And one more in Nerja:
Thank you very much for stopping by.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  I hope you all have a wonderful week!

~Michelle