Málaga 24-26 March 2012

Tired of my own company, I was looking forward to meeting up with C and enjoying the first week of her retirement.  The Don Paco Hotel is a traditional and friendly place just 3 minutes walk from the main bus and  railway stations.  (The latter is the Maria Zambrano Station, which is the penultimate station on the line from Fuengirola, which is also the line for the Airport, which is less than 15 mins from Maria Zambrano  1.15E for a single).  It was good to walk by the sea front through the Paseo El  Parque.

One of us connected with the child inside, as above..

Bar Malaga, on Calle Santa Maria leading form Plaza de la Constitución has a small bar serving Cruzcampo from an ornate gold tap.  The service is very friendly .

Upstairs is a small restaurant where we had a delicious sea food paella and half a bottle of rioja.  Here is a photo of the paintings on the walls.

Next day we happened upon the beautifully situated and picturesque English Cemetery.  It was very sad to see graves of small children who died a century and a half ago.

Later we met up with G, who took this photo of us in the alcazaba. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcazaba_of_M%C3%A1laga

Above is a door to the huge cathedral, which is impressive (despite the lack of a tower)

I was glad that C liked  Málaga, which to me is an underrated city and far more than an airport.

We finished up enjoying fish tapas in the street. The waiter below loves his job!