Winter Escape 2023: Part III Malaga 8

Parque de San Rafael and Spain’s “Historical Memory” I went to check out San Rafael park, not quite sure what I would find. On Google Maps, the area didn’t look like more than a few paths in a vacant field with a “Parque Infantil” (children’s playground). There was no Wiki or website on the Cemetery/Park, …

Winter Escape 2023: Part III Malaga 5

All things Picasso and “To Market, To Market” As I mentioned in my last post, Pablo Picasso was baptized at the church of Santiago Apostol in Malaga on November 10, 1881. The name given was "Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios de la Santisima Trinidad." Such a lot of …

Winter Escape 2023: Part III Malaga 4

The Cathedral of Malaga and the Camino Mozarabe The orange trees are in full fruit, but the Seville orange is bitter and used as an ornamental. I did a tour of the Cathedral in Malaga, and even was able to climb to the roof and see the sights from the highest structure in the old …

Winter Escape 2023: Part III Malaga 3

Westward Along the Senda Litorial Yesterday I walked the Senda Litorial, or in english, the Costal Walkway. I walked west for about 3.5 km and then up the riverside walk to the pedestrian bridge over the Guadalhorce River. This river marks the limit of Malaga’s urban area. The river´s name has it´s origins in the …