Hop on hop off bus day followed by visit to Moorish Alcazaba & adjacent Roman theatre, a taste of this ancient centre of Arabic, African, Phoenician, Roman, sometime French & most recently, of course, Spanish cultures.
NW corner of old town, craft beer bars & ZZ club – 4 piece band doing Jimi Hendrix et al from yesteryear, great tiny venue vibe, drums still playing in my ears – non-touristy musical corner found
Exhibitions day, with visits to Contemporary Art Museum & Carmen Thyssen Museum. The former was a great, former wholesale market space with inspiring, sometimes provocative, large art pieces. The latter was not so great, with many more classic 18th, 19th & early 20th century works, albeit in a beautifully restored heritage building with a highly functional modern extension.
And today (Thursday) was the turn of Malagar’s Pompidou Centre. Designed by the same team as the original in Paris, Richard Rodgers & Enzo Piano, the two storey open spaced exhibition centre is a delight to visit. And this time we managed a half decent photo of the outside atrium serving the galleries. And yes, it has been raining a bit …