La Avenida del Mar

Today was a pretty good day!! Alison and I went and did some exploring on the bus… we took it to more central Marbella to go to some nicer beaches… the one near us has lots of rocks but down there it has better sand and is more touristy… mainly from England! We laid on the beach for a couple of hours and then decided to do some more walking.

I tried gazpacho since that’s famous here. It’s basically cold tomato soup that tastes like a combo of tomato and olives, I don’t like it very much but it’s okay with bread. I also got calamari… but it was grilled or something, not fried so it was kinda weird too but I figured while I’m here I should take some chances with seafood!



We continued and went to La Avenida del Mar! (above)
It’s a wide street with lots of status, most by Salvador Dalí, so that was nice.
At the end of it is a little park with lots of trees and benches and a fountain.

We kept walking (now we were in el Casco Antiguo de Marbella) and found La Plaza de los Naranjos, a well-known plaza with lots of restaurants and cafés, essentially featuring the color orange. The side streets were pretty cool though, mainly cobblestone streets, something like that, and narrow. We’ll probably go back again for the beach and to see La Plaza del Castillo which has las murallas del Castillo árabe.


Then we took a different bus back which dropped us off a LOT closer to our apartment! We went to a café across the street for café/helado and to watch la Mundial (World Cup!). A tie between México y Sud África!