We stopped for a quick meal (they would call it breakfast, for us it was a light lunch).
Our hotel room faced the sea and you could see the pool from our balcony. We did some quality pool time between hitting the beach and heading down to the race.
The beach was beautiful. The water was a little cool, but both the water and the sand were clean and the fact that it was right across the street was definitely a plus.
The road between our balcony and the beach was on the route of the bike race, so before heading to the race we spent a fair amount of time on our balcony watching guys ride past while warming up.
It was fun to watch some of these guys that we have been following on TV for years. This stage was a short time trial - so the guys were racing one at a time (staring one minute apart) instead of in a big pack. It would have been fun to see a pelaton, but I really liked being able to walk along different parts of the route and see racing. It was cool to see guys going down the starting ramp, rounding one of the 90 degree turns, running down the section right after the line as they cooled down and then gave interviews, and lots of places in between. After spending a couple of hours checking out different parts of the race, we settled in to a place about 500 meters from the end and watched the last 70 or so guys come down the final kilometer.
Today was a much quieter day. We spent lots of time at the beach.
A little time just hanging out.
And some time just walking through Malaga checking out the buildings, fountains, statues, and parks in the quiet on the day after... I like this statue of Hans Christian Anderson sitting on a bench. There was a spot for someone to sit beside him, but no one was interested in sitting on a 100 degree metal bench.
Finally, we headed back to the bus station and retraced our trip back to Sevilla. It is good to be "home".
Tomorrow, back to school.
