Meet the one-armed lady.

We decided to see Malaga. We have been here now for over a week so it's time. Thus we met the One-armed Lady. The story goes, it seems, during the US war for independence, Malaga had erected one tower on their Cathedral. Seeing an opportunity deal a blow to Britain, they took the funds for the second tower and sent it to the US to help in the fight. By the time that the US repaid the loan the Cathedral with one tower had become a tourist attraction and they chose not to spoil things and they left the church as is. She is fondly referred to as, "The One-armed Lady".
Yesterday we got our chores out of the way and took the bus to town. Buses here cost 1.10 euros. Spain has, without exception, provided cheap, clean well run bus services.
We spent our time seeing the Cathedral, built between 1528 and 1782, the ancient Roman amphitheatre, discovered in 1951. Malaga has been a city for almost 3000 years. We saw Picasso's birthplace and the city at large. It's a charming place, not as touristy as we had imagined it to be. There are wonderful hedges of geraniums coming into flower. We stopped in to see the huge silver and gold, "floats" I called them. They are carried by 240 men each in the Holy Week parade. The silver one has a statue of Mary and the gold one has a Jesus statue. As the sun was setting, we caught the bus back to our digs. It was a fine day.