The meaning of "siesta" in Benalmadena Pueblo

Benelmadena pueblo is located about 20 minutes away by car. To get to this quaint, and I meant super quaint pueblo, you can take a bus and it will drive you up towards the mountain full of white houses that look over the Mediterranean sea. We arrived late, of course running on Filipino time, and did not get to the pueblo till noon, which meant that the siesta started in about an hour. There was not that many people on the street to begin with, but once the clock struck one it turned into a ghost town. Not a soul in sight. Even the bars were closed. And I needed to use the bathroom which in Europe, is hard to find since they don't get the concept of public restrooms.

NOTE FOR FUTURE STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS: Public restrooms are very rare. When you see one, thank the heavens that they have provided you with such a gift and use them.

Benalmadena Pueblo

Anyway, the town was very pretty and looked straight out of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen movie). But I wouldn't really recommended unless you're retired or don't like people. This isn't really good for a loud college student like me. Luckily, I found a playground so that kept me happy and produced some endorphins. Finally, we went back to the main road, which really was the width of of seven feet, and found a cafe. FINALLY. We got some cafe con leche so I could go to the bathroom and headed back on bus 121 back to the real Benalmadena with all the British people.

The playground