Day 4: Algeciras to home via Malaga

We've had a great time in southern Spain this weekend and it feels like we've been away longer than a couple of days. Today it is time to head home, but as our flight back to Gatwick isn't until 8pm we had time for another visit to Malaga first.

We checked out of our hotel in Algeciras around half past nine and walked towards the bus station. I'd booked us tickets in advance on a bus which was departing at half ten and would take three hours to get us back to Malaga. We were a bit unclear about how a journey which had definitely only taken two hours in the direction from Malaga to Algeciras was going to take three hours in the opposite direction from Algeciras to Malaga, but it turned out that somehow it did. I think the bus we caught on Friday some sort of express, whereas this one stopped at at least one extra station and seemed to spend a bit longer waiting around at each stop on the journey.

It was some time after half past one when we finally arrived in Malaga. Our first stop was the cafe near the bus station where we'd had a drink after our arrival on Friday. It felt even hotter today than it had on Friday and I had my first Aperol Spritz of the year sitting outside in the sunshine

From there it was a relatively short walk into the historical centre of Malaga. We soon found ourselves on a street which was decorated with the most beautiful Christmas (?) decorations.

It was difficult to capture in a photograph but they were really sparkly and glittery

That street led us into one of Malaga's main squares.

It was really pretty here too.

We'd been fairly adventurous by ordering Spanish food yesterday, but today we decided to stick to something more normal and found an Italian restaurant. Tim had lasagne and I had a huge pizza.