Personal Narrative: My Visit To Malaga

II. Malaga, Andalusia

Malaga is a well-known Andalusian city and is also one of the oldest cities in the world. Each year thousands of tourist arrive to visit its Gothic Cathedral, museums, beaches, modern port and urban traditional bars. In fact, Malaga is considered as the main economic and touristic centre of southern Spain with the history about almost three thousand years. Moreover, thanks to its Mediterranean climate with an average of more than 300 days of sunshine, this city is highly recommended for holidays and vacations even during the winter. Due to my trip in Western Europe, my visit to Malaga was in spring. I have spent two weeks in Spain and stayed in this magnificent city for three nights. Apart from the fact that

They were very pretty and slim, so I asked them: “why Spanish people can keep in good shape while you have dinner so late?” At the beginning, they did not understand what I meant, so I tried to explain more: “in China, we believe that if a person eat really late at night, he or she must be very fat.” They laughed after hearing my words and they told me that Spain was famous for its Mediterranean diet. “Mediterranean diet?” I had never heard of this before, so they started to tell me more about this healthy concept: The Mediterranean diet incorporates the basics of healthy eating that includes mainly plant-based foods, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts; it is also important to replace butter with healthy fats such as olive oil as well as to use herbs and spices instead of salt and to consume fish and poultry instead of having too much red meat (Mayo Clinic,

When I was having Spanish tapas and a cup of coffee, I tried to talk with some tourists from other tables with the intention to understand more about Andalusia, this beautiful region. Many of them shared with me their personal experiences in Spain and explained to me that Spanish people were considered very passionate and talkative even in western societies. I was also told that it was one of the biggest festivals in Spain: the first day of Semana Santa (Holy Week). Therefore, later there would be a procession in the city centre: real walking chapels of over five thousand kilos carried by a group of bearers well costumed as well as military parades playing processional marches along with the music and songs during the whole