Being recent college graduates, one of the things we really miss here are all of the organizations you have at your fingertips in high school and college. Therefore, one of the hard things about this year in Spain has been the lack of networks.
We aren't erasmus students, we're aren't American study abroad students, we're English teachers. And when we go out, since there is no prominent industry in Málaga (aside from tourism) and therefore no young professional scene, it tends to be the two former groups dominating the social scene. We were lucky to have a great group of teachers come here through CIEE, but other than that we haven't found a real network of friends. The teachers at school are all too old and/or live outside of Málaga, and our students spend their weekends coloring and playing with Hannah Montana dolls.
Just when I was seriously giving up hope on Malaga nightlife I was SO pleasantly surprised last night. I guess I never considered the gym a social network, but it turned out to be a very good one! We got invited to a party at Moliere Playa in Torremolinos by the instructors and figured we should give it a go. Even if the venue was disappointing it would be fun to see our fellow spinners out at night. Since we don't own a car we took a taxi to Torremolinos (10minutes away, 18euro split between 3 people). We got free drinks with our invitation and the music was great- 2 key ingredients to a fabulous night.
After this party the gym crew took us to Sala Moliere (same owners, but the "club" version) just a few minutes outside of Málaga center. And OMG it was an actual real club! None of this little discoteca with bad Spanish pop music business- a real club! EUREKA! Thank you gym crew!! See you at Spinning this week!
Above: Me, Alina and Maria
Above: Maria, Me and Alina with the gym crew.
Above: Me, gym owner and Alina
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