lyfe abroad - an authentic travel blog

lyfe abroad - an authentic travel blog exploring destinations in depth as a solo traveller. Staying in places for weeks and months versus days. Travelling off lyfe's beaten path. Providing a glimpse into the authentic locale and keeping it real. Join me while I get lost and discover hidden gems.

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Welcome to Palma de Mallorca 😁 Join me as I wa

Welcome to Palma de Mallorca 😁

Join me as I walk around on my first afternoon looking for a grocery store and some girl dinner snacks 😝

There is so much graffiti here! I feel like I’m back in Italy, and I love it. A lot is political, prolly more than I have seen anywhere actually.

Not sure how I feel about Palma yet to be honest. I’m not getting the warm and fuzzies 😂

#palma #palmademallorca #mallorca #lyfeabroad #travelspain #traveldestination #travelphotography #traveltheworld #graffiti #tourist #tourists #tourism #touristsgohome #touristspot #overtourism

Just in time for Christmas, this is Palma! 😁🎄

Of course I have been hitting the streets at night trying to take in all of the festive vibes. ❄️

There doesn’t seem to be a central core street that has been decorated to the hilt, like Malaga. But instead all sorts of neighb have their fairly lights strung by the millions 🤩

#palma #palmademallorca #lyfeabroad #travelblogger #christmasinspain #christmasdecorations #christmaslights #christmastime #christmasvibes #holidaytime #christmasiscoming #christmasmood

I went and changed locations on you! 😝 I left

I went and changed locations on you! 😝

I left Malaga and am in my last destination before I gotta skedaddle out of Schengen Europe for 90 days 😁

I flew Vueling for the first time. Totally fine budget airline, easy checkin, simple flight, no issues at all. ✈️

Malaga to Palma de Mallorca was €70 with €50 of that from my check in luggage. So quite a good deal I think 🤑

The Uber upon landing however, was not. So I did a very uncharacteristic thing, I was spontaneous! And hopped onboard a city bus that took my right into town for €5 🤩

I was able to get off and only have to bag drag for five minutes to reach my hotel. I was so proud of myself 😝

First three photos are from Malaga airport, none from the flight as I was too cheap to pay €11 for a window seat on a 1 hour flight. 🫣

Get ready for some Palma footage and fun my travel family 😊

#palma #palmademallorca #mallorca #lyfeabroad #travelblogger #travelblog #travelspain #malagaairport #uber #vueling #vuelingairlines #budgettrip #budgettraveling #budgettravellers #budgettravel

A Christmas dump from Malaga 😁🎄 Yes I’m le

A Christmas dump from Malaga 😁🎄 Yes I’m leaving the city and heading for my last and final stop in Spain before my Schengen time runs out. 🛂

This has been a magical city to explore and especially at the holidays. All of the lights and decorations have made me feel truly in the Christmas spirit. How lucky 🥰

#christmas #christmasinspain #christmastime #lyfeabroad #travelblogger #malaga #malagaspain #christmasdecor #traveldestination #christmasspirit #magicalmoments #xmas #visitspain

Did you know Malaga has a massive bullring? Called

Did you know Malaga has a massive bullring? Called La Malagueta it sits tucked up behind tall apartment buildings over near the city beach. 🏖️

Climb up Gibralfaro mountain to the viewpoint, and you can see it in its entirety 😁🐂

This is the second bullring I have seen while travelling southern Spain. I had only ever seen one in Mexico. 🇲🇽

The fascination for me comes from the building itself. It reminds me instantly of the coliseum in Roma. When I first laid eyes on that ancient marvel in 2018, I burst into tears right there on the street 🫣

Never in my dreams did I think I would see that in real life. When you study things like that as a child, and only see it from the pages of an encyclopedia, your brain almost fictionalizes it. So to then witness it in real life is a shock 😂

Gosh I can go off on a tangent easily 😝

In Malaga? Climb Gibralfaro, you won’t be disappointed 🤩

#malaga #gibralfaro #miradorgibralfaro #lyfeabroad #travelwriter #bullring #spanishculture #spanishbullring #views #viewsfordays

Pieces of Malaga that are non Christmas, that I ta

Pieces of Malaga that are non Christmas, that I take with me in my memories 😊

This city has grown on me. I began my stay outside of the historical centre because my airbnb was being repaired from the floods. Insurance had delayed their repairs.

When my flat was ready, I moved into the centre, and oldest part of the city and its charm flooded me. 😊 (see what I did there?) 😂

I’m heading to my final destination in Spain now, for the last few days of my allowable 90 day stay inside the Schengen zone. It will be the first time I’ve been on a plane in almost three months! I might be more excited about flying than the destination 😝 JK

#malaga #malagaspain #lyfeabroad #travelblog #traveldestination #travelphotography #spanishvibes #spanishcity #schengenzone #spaintravel #traveltheworld #budgettraveling #midlifetravel #midlifeblogger

What can I say? The city is a vibe 🤩 Malaga is

What can I say? The city is a vibe 🤩

Malaga is bursting with creativity, colour and funk. Not a word I usually associate with an historical European city but there it is 😂

So much diversity, from a 2,000 year old Roman theatre to a Harry Potter shop and everything in between 😝

#malaga #malagaspain #lyfeabroad #travelblog #travelphotography #spanishcity #spanish #traveltheworld #colour #vibes #picasso

Malaga weird & wonderful collection 🤩 I know yo

Malaga weird & wonderful collection 🤩 I know you have been waiting for these 😂

Malaga did not disappoint, there are a number of oddities here and I’m able to continue this travel tradition of bringing them to you 😁

1 Armoured vehicles, never seen ones that look like this. 🚙

2 Jack blowing smoke in your face 💨

3 Spanish churros in the making, yes I did partake, dipped in hot thick chocolate, oh my 🫠

4 Google took me through this tunnel to get to the base of my hike up to the Gibralfaro viewpoint. It was early in the morning, deserted and scary 🫣 but very clean and the music??

5-6 Just a random guy carrying around his pet bird, yes he did stop for me and let me take photos and a video 😂

7 Iberian jamon, sold by the leg. A common Spanish food and one I will always be curious about. 🐷

8 Suckling pig sold whole in the grocery store. I see these fresh in the butcher cases but this was the first I had seen in the shops 🐽

9 Life outside of the gorgeous old town can look a lot different. 🏢

10 Scary Guy in shop entrance 😝

11 Yes Malaga has a cat cafe! Just enter here where you see this fella 😸

12 Two mannequins down an alley 😁

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