Malaga, Spain Day 1 and 2

Over the last week we met Jeff's family in Southern Spain. Jeff, Avery and I flew out of Trondheim on Friday and got into Malaga around 2:30 pm. We took the subway to our hotel since it stopped right across the street. Subways or trains in Spain are so different than in the States. They are clean and efficient and so much cheaper than taking a cab. We stayed one night in Malaga before meeting the rest of the family on Saturday. Malaga was great. We stayed in the historical district and were in walking distance of all the historical sites. Our hotel the Eurostar Astoria was great and I would recommend it to anyone traveling to Malaga. Walking around downtown we came upon this old building.
This is a fortress called La Alcazaba. It was built by the Arabs in 11th century to protect the port. We could have walked to the top of it but we didn't have time as it took roughly 25 minutes just to get to the top.
The outside of the Cathedral which was built in 1528. Later in the trip we went back and went inside. It was closed this morning. The grounds are beautiful so we spent some time exploring them.
Outside the cathedral.
Orange trees were everywhere.
The Cathedral.
A plaza in front of the cathedral. All the grounds were marble.
A street in Malaga that was entirely marble. The shops on this street were very high end.
Our balcony.

Saturday around noon we took off from Malaga and took the train into Fuengirola. From there we took a taxi to our resort Club Dona Lola. Our cab driver had a sister that taught Spanish at Buffalo University. He was a lot of fun to visit with and he gave us the low down on the entire area.