Marbella Old Town
our neighbourhood. orange trees, tiny streets, way too many tapas options.
🇩🇪 Emilia · 🇧🇷 Mailon
MARBELLA
WEEKEND
14.08 · 18.08
i made us a little plan 👀
scroll after 👇
the little menu
- ☀️ 4 nights
- 🌊 way too much beach
- 🍸 some very good cocktails
- 🇪🇸 lots of food
- 🏄 hopefully no paddleboard injuries
- 🕺 1 night out
- 👀 1 secret
- ❤️ 2 idiots meeting for the first time
nothing here is super strict btw. it's just our little menu 😌
❤️
tap the little things 👇
useless. fun. very much for you.
go on, they all do something
put us on your home screen
it becomes a real little app. no store, no downloads.
- 1open this in Safari (not inside instagram/whatsapp)
- 2tap the share button at the bottom ⬆️
- 3scroll and tap "Add to Home Screen"
- 4tap "Add" — done, we live on your phone now 🥹
everything you tap stays saved on your phone — offline-ish, private, ours 🤍
the toy box 🧸
mystery mission 🎲
tap. do it. don't think about it.
no mission yet. coward. 😌
12 missions waiting
pick the outfit vibe 👗
packing help. sort of. mostly for me.
pick as many as you want
the 12kg suitcase 🧳
only clothes — sunscreen, towels, shampoo, all of that we buy here. 🐾 the cats stay home, sorry.
2.5 kg9.5 kg free
loads of space. leave room for stuff we buy here 🛍️
beach days
walking days
nights out
evenings & home
handbag (not the 12kg)
tap what you're bringing, i'll do the maths
cats & (no) badminton 🐾🏸
the two loves i'm competing with. tap them.
official ranking: cats, badminton, me. i'm working on it 😌
build the car playlist 🚗🎶
marbella → mijas is 25 min. that's a whole album.
queue is empty, tragic
how excited are you? 📈
saved. i'll check it later 👀
tap us 💞
every tap = one day less until the 14th (not really)
0 taps 💛
14 august
FRIDAY
bienvenida Emilia 🇪🇸
18:00
landing · i pick you up ✈️
you land at 18:00. i'm already there, probably way too early.
2 weeks of texting and then... hi 🥹
19:30 / 20:00
homeee 🏠
bags down. music on. change. sit for 10 mins like normal humans.
no rush, you just landed
old town food mission 🇪🇸
we live in the Old Town so everything's walking distance. we're not sitting in one place all night, we're doing a little crawl.
croquetas · gambas pil pil · jamón · tortilla · boquerones · pescaíto
+ whatever looks good when we walk past it
food rating 🍤
tap one for each thing we try
- croquetas
- gambas pil pil
- jamón
- tortilla
- boquerones
- pescaíto
😍 insane · 🙂 good · 🤨 questionable · 💀 never again
challenge #1
🍸 cocktail roulette
you pick mine.
i pick yours.
no changing.
good luck 😂
night walk 🌙
Old Town → Alameda → Avenida del Mar → beach.
sea, palm trees, prob some very stupid conversation.
early-ish night bc tomorrow we're actually doing things
15 august
SATURDAY
healthy people by day, questionable decisions by night 😂
10:00
coffee + fruit ☕
slow start. nobody's sprinting anywhere yet.
10:30
gym 💪
40 to 45 mins. nothing crazy.
Mailon has been instructed not to turn this into a 2hr workout.
11:30
protein breakfast 🍳
proper food. we're gonna need it.
BEACH TIMEEE 🌊
fruit · cold drinks · snacks · water · sunscreen (actually put it on pls)
we're staying way longer than planned, we both know it
paddleboard 🏄
renting one for a bit.
objective: look cool.
prob reality: falling in the water after 40 seconds.
if we fall off the paddleboard nobody saw it
🇧🇷 MAILON
🇩🇪 EMILIA
challenge #2
PADDLEBOARD RACE
🇧🇷 VS 🇩🇪
17:30
home · shower
sand everywhere. always.
NAP
non negotiable 😂
and then the sun goes down 🌙
21:00
dinner 🍽️
good food, nothing insanely expensive. we're not doing beach clubs.
23:00
cocktail time 🍸
creative ones. the bartender can go wild.
drink whatever you want tbh · just not too much · water between · we actually want to enjoy Sunday
01:00
night out 🕺
club, dance, drinks are allowed. tipsy = yes. destroyed = no.
rule is simple: zero hangover on Sunday 🙏
⚠️
IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
Brazil + Germany agree: we drink what we want, we just don't wake up ruined. Sunday stays hangover-free.
03:00ish
home · water · sleep 💤
drink the water. future us says thanks.
16 august
SUNDAY
somehow we're alive ☀️
morning repair 💧
water. coffee. breakfast. slow.
optional: easy run 🏃
20 to 30 mins on the paseo. no crazy pace. just move + sea.
optional means optional, ofc 😌
🚗 road trip
windows down, questionable playlist
MARBELLA
↓ ~35 min
MIJAS PUEBLO
↓ ~20 min
FUENGIROLA
↓ ~35 min back
MARBELLA
mijas pueblo 🤍
white village in the hills. tiny streets, blue flower pots, big views.
walk · photos · coffee · pretend we're in a film
challenge #3
🎁 €5 terrible gift
- we have 15 mins
- €5 max
- funniest / worst little thing you can find
- no hints 🤐
15:00
whoever buys the worst thing actually wins tbh
fuengirola 🌊
lunch (something we've never tried) · walk · beach · maybe kayak
Sohail Castle · ice cream · sunset 🌅
🎵 car dj
3 songs each. no skipping other people's picks 😤
Mailon 🇧🇷
Emilia 🇩🇪
emilia votes 🗳️
you say yes, you pick the time, i make it fit. that's the deal.
- 🚡Benalmádena cable carup the mountain, stupid big views
- 🏰Sohail Castle at sunset€3ish and the whole coast in front of us
- 🛥️Puerto Banús boat gawkingfree. we just judge the yachts
- 🥾La Concha viewpoint walkshort version. we're not insane
- 🌅sunrise on the beachone morning only. one.
- 🍨gelato crawl3 places, 1 winner, serious business
- 🎨Ronda day tripif we're feeling ambitious 🇪🇸
- 🏓beach paddle (palas)€10 rackets, 100% arguing
- 🧿Old Town market wanderbuy something stupid together
- 🎡night fair / feria if it's onaugust in Spain = something's always on
- 🤿snorkel by the rockswe'll see 4 fish and be thrilled
- 🍷rooftop, one drink, no planjust talking. the actual best part.
vote away, it saves on your phone
cook + movie 🍝🎬
cheap supermarket stuff, we cook it together, we judge the result.
absolutely no club tonight.
17 august
MONDAY
unfortunately Mailon has responsibilities 💻
morning split 🌤️
Mailon: gym + work (sadly real). i honestly don't know when i'll be free — worst case 16:00, that's the hard limit.
Emilia: sleep, coffee, Old Town, beach, explore.
monday solo missions 🕵️♀️
tap a photo = mission accepted. i'm stuck in calls until 16:00 max.
0/6 — the city is yours
emilia's solo mission
enjoy Marbella + don't get lost pls 😂
16:00 max
back together 🤝
if i finish earlier i'll just show up, but 16:00 is the promise.
lunch · beach · swim · chill
final challenge
🧺 €10 secret picnic
we split up inside the supermarket. €10 each. you shop for me, i shop for you. no peeking 👀
🥤
1 drink
🍕
1 food
🥗
1 healthy thing
🍫
1 naughty thing
then beach reveal 🌊 and we judge each other silently
18:30
home · shower · change
look decent-ish. no reason 👀
🔒
20:30
CLASSIFIED
Mailon has something planned.
Emilia is not allowed to know.
just get ready + trust me 👀
18 august
TUESDAY
pls don't leave yet 🥲
07:00 / 07:30
slow wake up ☕
coffee. breakfast. pack (badly). maybe a tiny Old Town walk if we're fast.
08:20
out the door 🚗
we leave the house 08:20 max — Málaga airport is ~40 min.
i will drive slowly on purpose 🥲
10:00
tschüss emilia 🇩🇪
your flight's at 10:00. Germany gets you back unfortunately.
❤️
ok that's the whole plan. see u in Marbella 😌
ok so... how did we do?
fill this in after. it saves on your phone 📱
🍸 best cocktail
🍴 best food
📸 best photo
😂 funniest moment
🌊 best activity
❤️ best memory
📸 the film roll
dump every random photo from these days here. stays on your phone 🤍
nothing here yet. give it a few days 😌
🪄 our recap card
turns everything you wrote + your photos into one little card
the places 📍
mostly free or cheap. that's the whole point.
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Avenida del Mar
the Dalí statues walk down to the beach. free + kinda weird + very us.
Marbella Paseo Marítimo
long sea walk. good for talking nonsense at night.
Old Fashioned Cocktail Bar
small, dark, seriously good drinks. cocktail roulette happens here 👀
NAYA Art & Cocktail Studio
creative cocktails w/ art energy. the pretty one for photos.
Mijas Pueblo
white village up in the hills. blue flower pots everywhere.
Parque La Muralla
tiny garden in Mijas w/ the best view down to the coast.
Fuengirola
beach town, cheaper food, nice long paseo. easy day.
Sohail Castle
old castle on a hill. small entry, big views, good photo spot.
Fuengirola Paseo Marítimo
ice cream walk by the sea. sunset happens here.