Malaga is a pleasant port city, with ancient streets, lovely buildins and exotic foliage like you are in a rain forest. I think I could even have beautiful flowers in this climate. It says that on the Costa Del Sol, where were were, they have 342 days of sun. It rained today!! Just a tad. We however, have not had rain since we left Rio, I think that was about 3 years ago!! The ship offered a 10 hour tour to the Alahambra, near Granada, Spain. We have taken SO many long tours over the past almost 4 months that we opted just to see what Malaga city had to offer us. Although, a trip back to Granada would be wonderful. The Alahambra is a palace, left over from the Moors and is in impeccable condition. I was there when I was in high school about 100 years ago and I also went there with Charles about 15 years ago. The trip would be worth it when our kids are older and can appreciate the architechture more. It is breath takingly eautuiful. Today we did the Welden Family tour and Jay and Mary Pat went along. We thought about another city bus tour, but the one in Barcelona was enough for one world cruise. We hit the streets walking. The one thing I wanted to see, was the cathedral. That was easy enough. The signs were easy to follow. We also wanted to see the house in which Pablo Picasso was born. Picasso is Malaga's most famous son! Picasso was born in Malaga in 1881. He left Spain as a young adult so most of his works that are there are from his early childhood into early adulthood. They were very interesting, as some were in crayon!! So ladies, go back through all of your children's art and pull out the ones you think could be masterpieces...they might be. After looking at what they called masterpieces of Picasso, I think Kathleen and Nicholas should open a gallery when we get back to Birmingham of just their work from 12 months old through 4 year old Kindergarten. Of course then add a whole seperate wing for their Kindergarten work, as many of you probably know...I still have it all!! Thank goodness I never threw away any of those handprints!! Let's see how the day went...First of all we had to take a brief shuttle ride to the end of the pier. It was at this point I realized for the first time since we left Birmingham, I did not have my camera, why? Because I did not have my lifebag!! It seems there are plenty of gypsies in Malaga and we were warned by local authority to keep just what you needed, no big bags, extra credit cards etc... when I narrowed down...YIKES...no camera. Hence, I am in photos at this stop and Charles is not!! Here we go..
Arriving at the end of the pier we were met by guys that wanted us to take a buggy rise through town. My Spanish came in handy and I was able to tell him politely no that we wanted to walk, and we did!!! All day!! I told you the cathedral was easy to find!! Look at the sign!
The fountain and plaza area across from the cathedral were so beautiful. These people really know how to spruce up an area with a few good ideas. Flowers and plants.
Doors to the side of the cathedral. Here I am poking into one of their extra large topiaries! It was about 9 feet high and was a tree made of potted petunias. They were beautiful
No car trouble for us, than goodness. Howver, Kathleen thought she could help??
More side doors to the cathedral.
They give you 60 seconds to cross the street here. A countdown begins as soon as it is okay to cross. You better make it, because as soon as the clock hits zero it is pedals to the metal here!
Another giant topiary. This one was bougainvillea. Lovely. They had these all over town.
Narrow streets were the norm. Very beautiful. This old walled area is the Alcazaba. It is Malaga's greatest monument. This fortress was begun in the 8th century, when Malaga was the principal port of the Moorish kingdom, though most of the present structure dates from the 11th century. The ruins are splashed with areas of orange trees and bouainvillea. The day we were there there were school children on field trips. Very cute to see them in their uniforms. Right across from the ruins were many SWORD shops. You could buy swords that had just come off the press to swords that were used in the 11th century!! Those were pricey, passed on those, although they were fun to look at.
Remember the cobra?? I din't get inside the cathedral either! We did get into the day chapel. This is it. It was so beautiful, I can't imagine what the cathedral looked like! Right after we went into the day chapel, a couple hundred Spanish people starting filing into there with us. I guess they had heard about the Welden Family Tours.... anyway, that cause us to get stuck in the very back of the then "line" to go into the cathedral! It cost 3.5 Euros to go inside and there were about 200 people in the line ahead of us. We went straight to the gift shop and got a few things and called it a day. We'll have to come back there too!!
The trees in Spain are everything from olive trees to evergreen and these crazy root trees. Had to have a picture and find out what they are.
Nicholas and I trying to decide who is right about which road to take, in the rain!
Nicholas and Kathleen both posed outside of Pablo Picasso's birthplace. His birthplace is on the second floor of this building and was most probably an apartment in those days. It was nice though. Picasso had one sister. She is dead. He also had 4 children, 2 girls and 2 boys. One of his daughter's is a designer for Tiffany's jewelers!
Arriving at the end of the pier we were met by guys that wanted us to take a buggy rise through town. My Spanish came in handy and I was able to tell him politely no that we wanted to walk, and we did!!! All day!! I told you the cathedral was easy to find!! Look at the sign!
The fountain and plaza area across from the cathedral were so beautiful. These people really know how to spruce up an area with a few good ideas. Flowers and plants.
Doors to the side of the cathedral. Here I am poking into one of their extra large topiaries! It was about 9 feet high and was a tree made of potted petunias. They were beautiful
No car trouble for us, than goodness. Howver, Kathleen thought she could help??
More side doors to the cathedral.
They give you 60 seconds to cross the street here. A countdown begins as soon as it is okay to cross. You better make it, because as soon as the clock hits zero it is pedals to the metal here!
Another giant topiary. This one was bougainvillea. Lovely. They had these all over town.
Narrow streets were the norm. Very beautiful. This old walled area is the Alcazaba. It is Malaga's greatest monument. This fortress was begun in the 8th century, when Malaga was the principal port of the Moorish kingdom, though most of the present structure dates from the 11th century. The ruins are splashed with areas of orange trees and bouainvillea. The day we were there there were school children on field trips. Very cute to see them in their uniforms. Right across from the ruins were many SWORD shops. You could buy swords that had just come off the press to swords that were used in the 11th century!! Those were pricey, passed on those, although they were fun to look at.
Remember the cobra?? I din't get inside the cathedral either! We did get into the day chapel. This is it. It was so beautiful, I can't imagine what the cathedral looked like! Right after we went into the day chapel, a couple hundred Spanish people starting filing into there with us. I guess they had heard about the Welden Family Tours.... anyway, that cause us to get stuck in the very back of the then "line" to go into the cathedral! It cost 3.5 Euros to go inside and there were about 200 people in the line ahead of us. We went straight to the gift shop and got a few things and called it a day. We'll have to come back there too!!
The trees in Spain are everything from olive trees to evergreen and these crazy root trees. Had to have a picture and find out what they are.
Nicholas and I trying to decide who is right about which road to take, in the rain!
Nicholas and Kathleen both posed outside of Pablo Picasso's birthplace. His birthplace is on the second floor of this building and was most probably an apartment in those days. It was nice though. Picasso had one sister. She is dead. He also had 4 children, 2 girls and 2 boys. One of his daughter's is a designer for Tiffany's jewelers!
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hey its ethan once you get back you have to tell me what mexico looked like if u went.
holla back!!!!!
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