Today we decided to go back to Malaga to see some more of the city. We arrived at the bus station and went back to the tapas bar/restaurant that we had eaten in earlier in the week. It is called La Barra and is located very near the cathedral. We each had several tapas along with a glass of Rioja wine. We were right in the midst of all the locals who were there for the same purpose.
We went back to the Tourist Office where we got, at no charge, two IPods that contained walking tours of the town. We chose the tour called the Traditional Malaga. We followed a map and listened to descriptions of each of 15 locations in the old section of the town. Amongst other places we saw the Wine Museum, the Central Market Building (now being redone into luxury apartments),
San Juan church, and the Brotherhoods Holy Week Museum. After about 1 ½ hours of the tour, we went to the Plaza de la Constitución where we had liquid refreshments in an outdoor café right on the square, one of the most popular in the town.
We were serenaded by a mariachi band and enjoyed the sun.
We walked back to the Tourist Office to return the IPods. We went back to La Barra and had a bite to eat before going to the cathedral for a concert. We had seen the concert advertised in a shop window so we had decided to go. It was a free concert sponsored by Manos Unidas, a charitable organization in Spain. It featured a string quartet, a pianist who played several of his own works, and a soprano. Most of the seats were occupied, at least several hundred. It was a very good concert and we enjoyed it. The church was very impressive lit up at night.
We walked back to the bus station, waited for about twenty minutes, and then took the bus back to our resort. It was a long, but enjoyable, day.
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