Torremolinos, 2016

Just a week before the sadness that is university starts back, Benjy and I took a quick week away to Torremolinos, Spain. Located just beside Malaga, we were about a 5 minute walk away from the beach whilst still being away from the bars and clubs. A massive shoutout to my mum for driving us to Glasgow Prestwick for our 6am flight - an airport famous for Elvis Presley once transferring through. You go Elvis.

The hotel itself was very quiet, with it mainly being older couples which suited us fine as we weren't particularly wanting a very exciting holiday, with the most drama being when Benjy lost at bingo.

In true 'Scottish person on holiday abroad' I did manage to get spectacularly burnt - with my swimsuit leaving a lovely white cross across my back and my thigh managing to only get burnt in one space about the size of a side plate. Nailed it.

One of the issues with the hotel was the food, whilst it was great it did revolve largely around seafood which neither myself nor Benjy are particularly keen on. Other than that the drink prices were great, the hotel nice and clean and the staff lovely so no complaints.

The nearby beach was lined with the typical tourist shops with some really good little cafes, and we spent our final day just wandering along the side streets and buying stereotypical tourist trash. One of my worst habits is buying trashy, cheap key rings whenever I go anywhere. A Merlion from Singapore, a Vespa from Rome and now a flip flop from Malaga. 

Having booked this before we booked Rome we had been slightly worried that spending a week just the two of us with minimal phone would result in Benjy being drowned in the sea, but following the success of Rome we were chuffed that there was only one threat of death passed between us (never attempt to beat Benjy at bingo)

Despite complaining about having to go back to work I am actually only back for just over two weeks before I head off to Singapore to visit my dad, missing the first two weeks of uni. Oops.

Have you jetted off anywhere nice this summer?

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