fresh start

After 7 years in Madrid, I’m two months in to my new city/job/life and enjoying myself immensely. If you missed the news before, I’ll get you up to speed.
In late September I relocated to the city of Málaga in Andalusia on the south coast of Spain. It is Spain’s 6th largest city with a population of about 550,000 in town and 1.5 million in the urban area. It bills itself as the capital of The Costa del Sol, the famous beach playground strip along the Mediterranean.
And in October I started my new job as a teacher at the language center of the University of Málaga, the main public college in the province. So far I love it! My students and co-workers are great and the admin gives us a lot of support.
And now, as of yesterday, I’m into my home for the foreseeable future. I started in a hostel for a couple of weeks, then a temporary studio for a couple of months. My new place is a block off the main avenue in the historic center of town and 3 or 4 blocks from the cruise port. And I have a couple of nice beaches within a 10 minute walk. If fact, everything I’ll need is within a 10 minute walk (train station, malls, movie theaters, parks, the old Arabic castle/fort complex). I’m feeling pretty blessed at the moment and hope it lasts.
I’ve started meeting some people already and building up my social life. It’s rather easy here as Andalusians are probably the most social and outgoing of people in an extremely social country.
Now just to get some furniture for my empty flat. After staying in three furnished places in Madrid, I have very little. And what I had wasn’t really worth the effort to move.
So soon I’ll actually have a bed in the spare room and I’ll be expecting visitors. Start planning.

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