Sorry, some of these are late in posting. Our new resort has no WiFi so I had to back to the old one on Sunday to post.

Friday, May 6, 2009

The day looked promising so we decided to go into Malaga and spend the day. We had some sun but it was quite a bit overcast, but as long as it didn’t rain, we were fine. The bus from Benalmádena to Malaga was mostly local, taking just over an hour. The last half hour it was standing room only. Fortunately, we got on close to the beginning of the route so we got seats. We arrived at the terminus and found that the open top London-type sight-seeing bus stop was only a few feet away. It was a 1 ½ hour ride around the city with over fifteen stops for descending to sight see. We stayed on for the entire trip just to get a general idea of what the city had to offer. At the bus terminus we walked about 100 feet away and found ourselves on the Avenida Principal, the main street as you could guess. We wandered around some of the small, narrow streets behind the Avenida and came across a wonderful tapas bar and restaurant. We went in and had a fine meal. I think we were the only foreigners there. Mostly Spanards having tapas for lunch. We will try it again for the tapas. Mostly business types. (Alexandria on the left.)



After lunch, we went to the cathedral which was only around the corner. We have seen many of the well-known cathedrals of France, maybe six in England, and others in Italy, Germany, etc but we have never seen one quite like this. It is very large and very well maintained, unlike many French cathedrals which can have some damage. In addition to the chancel, the choir, and the aisles, there are 15 chapels, each one more magnificent than the next. Her are just a few.






The chancel is also beautiful along with the organ. See the ceiling and organ below.



We spent over an hour in the cathedral and may well go back again next week. We went to the Tourist office for some maps and found out that you can borrow an Ipod with a guided tour of the city, and at no charge. We will do that also next week. We took the bus back to the resort, had something at Happy Hour, and went out for dinner at a restaurant down on the beach nearby. It specialized in fish. We had a good gazpacho along with a good broiled fish, sea bream and dorade. The restaurants here, at least the ones we have been to, tend to serve an after dinner drink on the house. Here we had some manzana verde, a green apple liqueur. We had this after a carajillo, which is espresso with cognac. We have this often at home but with sambucca instead of the cognac. We walked along the beach front back to the resort. We slept well that night.