Museum Sunday in Malaga

On Sundays, museums are free so we went to a museum - the Museo de Malaga. This huge museum in the beautiful old customs building actually houses two museums - the Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes (Provincial Museum of Fine Arts) and the Museo Arqueológico Provincial.

There are over 30 interesting museums (wine, glass and crystal, fine art, Picasso’s house, etc) in this city so it was hard to pick one but we finally decided to go to the one that housed a good variety of objects, mainly archaeological finds as well as fine art, including paintings by Picasso.

Three hours later and after viewing and reading about many of the 17,000 exhibits, we were hungry and pooped out! We went in search of a tapas restaurant that wasn’t filled to the gills with people. Not as easy as it seems as Malaga has over 2000 of them , all hopping. One restaurant has a sign on it that says that they don’t provide service. What does that mean? Well, we found out. You just try to find a seat, or not, and push your way to the front to grab any tapas that come out. Or at least that’s the way it seemed to me! Check the video. Not what we wanted to do after 3 hours in a museum!

Finally, we found an outside seat in a restaurant that specialized in tapas and the food was really good. So was the wine and beer. Lol. Added to that, we had some interesting entertainment - a group of street break dancers. Loud and energetic but fun to watch.

Not far from where we are, In the heart of Malaga, there is a large bullring that opened in 1876 called La Malagueta. Several very famous matadors have performed in this ring. The bullring still hosts bullfights but only once a year at the Malaga Fair. Since it can hold up to 14,000 spectators, it is now mainly used for concerts and conferences.

Tomorrow, we will leave this little oasis in hectic Malaga and go to Granada. Our goal is to visit the Alhambra, one of Spain’s top historical sites..

Note - Jeans, running shoes, hoodies, scarves and black puffers or vests are the norm here. So…we fit in!Baca selengkapnya