Day 30: Marbella & Mijas

Today we took a bus out to Marbella and Mijas. We had to get up before dawn and walk a ways to catch the bus. Seeing the main Street of Malaga completely empty was a surprising sight.

Marbella was very pleasant. There are tons of orange trees, narrow streets in old town, and lovely gardens with ceramic benches.

On a walkway that goes down to the beach, there are ten sculptures that are inspired by Dali. They are really quite amazing. Here's one.

Then we were off to Mijas, one of the white hill towns of Andalusia. It was marvelous. A place we'd like to come back to.

There was a small museum of contemporary art. The first floor was all Picasso and the second floor Dali. Here are two of Picasso's pieces. The first is to be expected, but the plate surprised me.

And Dali had made a bronze menorah. This was a total surprise to me. I'm a sucker for ceramics.

We had a lovely paella lunch at a local spot that the the museum administrator said was good. From our table we could see down into the main plaza of Mijas.

On the way home, the bus went by the beach towns to the west of Malaga.

We have had absolutely beautiful weather this whole trip. We've been very fortunate. Tomorrow we're off to Madrid.