Nerja Caves

Last Saturday I went on a day trip with some friends to Málaga to see the Picasso museum.  The museum has some truly awesome examples of the artist's work--many small sketches, but also paintings, sculpture and even pottery.  The museum also has a rotating exhibition space which currently houses an exhibit entitled "Toys of the Avant-Garde" which displays building blocks, books and puppets made by artists and toy companies from various countries in the 19th and 20th centuries.  The focus of the exhibit is the relationship between art, design, play, and education.

I really enjoyed the museum, but my favorite part of the day was our trip to nearby town Nerja which is home to an incredible cave system.  The caves were discovered by modern man by accident in 1959 but had been inhabited by early man from somewhere around 25,000 BC until the Bronze Age...archeologists have found skeletal remains, tools, and cave paintings from different moments in early human history. 
Today, apart from being a tourist attraction, the chamber we entered is a natural amphitheater and is home to a mini concert hall used for occasional performances.
Here are some pictures:

This picture depicts just how huge these caves are... my friend Aisha is standing with arms outstretched at the bottom of the frame--see how small she is??!!

Everywhere I looked reminded me of Fraggle Rock

The base of this column is 43 ft by 23 ft and it stands 105 ft high

There are crazy textures everywhere...it's hard to believe that this place isn't just a Hollywood set.

Cave slime!