7/18/18
What do you do when you get to a new place on the other side of the world? You sleep. And then you wake up at the crack of dawn and see what’s out there. Malaga is a beautiful city, but at 7:30 am it’s a ghost town. You can forget about meeting humans on the street. We walked around a bit until a few places began to open. The great thing about this city is that almost all the impressive sights are in a twenty minute walking radius. We started out by visiting the Alcazaba. The Alcazaba, or the ‘citadel’, is a palace-fortress built in the 11th century by the Muslim Hammudid dynasty. It’s a beautifully built fortress with fragrant gardens and flowing fountains. Pretty impressive stuff for that time period. We never got to the palace, though. It was really hot by 11 am. And our Seattle blood was getting too warm. We will save the palace for another day.
Sleepless In Spain 
Wow! Fantastico (what? Not Spanish?). I want to be with you!!! Here’s a serious confused Arab-American question…I thought Alcazaba meant “the liar” (effeminate)?
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Come on over! Alcazaba is actually pronounced ‘alqasba’ in Arabic which means the citadel. The Spaniards just butchered the pronunciation over the years.
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