Malaga is both a city and a "state". Wednesday we set out for the big city. Malaga is a big city with the heart of a small town.

Classic fountains and monuments surrounded by modern buildings. This is the Three Maria (Mary) fountain.

After finding a parking place we decided to eat lunch. We found a cafe in the shadow of The Cathedral. It was quite ornate and easy to stare at for quite a bit.

We got a 7 cheese sampler that was pretty good. Cheese in Spain was used as a bread spread and as a bread topper. Mostly white cheeses; some with spices in them and some with meats (pepperoni?). The bread in Spain was also real good. Quite a bit of what we call "French" bread, only better. Not as hard around the outside.

This is the Malaga cathedral. Built somewhere between 1528 and 1782. They call it the "La Manquita" (loosely translated is little one-armed woman) because only one of the towers were completed. It seems that even back then the lack of funds halted construction.

I tried to stitch together two pictures to give you the idea of the height and detail on the face. This is the short side. We later went by the long side and it is quite long (2 football fields probably)

After eating we decided that the best way to see Malaga in a day was to get a tour guide.

Meet Alehandro and Maria, our tour guides. This really is the way to travel through the city of Malaga, and believe me, you travel through the middle of the city, traffic and all!

Alehandro's English was good enough to get the main points across, and Maria was good enough to not get us run over.

This is the boyhood home of Picasso Or where Picasso grew up. It is now a museum in a very picturesque square.

Spain is very clean. The Spanish government spends a good amount on street sweeping machines and people that constantly clean up.

The Spanish people even respect their areas. They are less likely to throw anything into anything other than a trash can. Even trash cans are plentiful.