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Granada Slideshow
Granada
Travel Blogs from Granada, Spain and Canary Islands
PHOTOS!!!
... you know I was finally able to upload photos using my roomie's comp sooooo the entries from London,Dublin,Edinburgh and travelling back to Granada now have photos if you fill like checking them out,procrastinating, our killin time:) I highly recommend the ...
Granada!
... we didn't realize was that two of the buses were doing Granada the first day, and two were doing Antequerra (a small town outside of Granada), and we switched the second day. My bus did Granada first, so we got to the hotel, had lunch, checked into our ...
Southern Spain...Sevilla, Cordoba & Granada
... and black flamenco dancers or a guitar playing Spaniards to adorn their hilltops instead. Yes, we were braving Spain again; land of bullfighting and tapas. This time it took on a decidedly different feel. Sevilla was our first stop ...
The Alhambra
... off beautifully, with a short walk from our hotel to a small coffee shop for breakfast. The delicious croisants and coffee in Spain can not be overrated -- they are devine. The kids have been ...
A week of Firsts...
... . I don't think my flamenco skills will ever reach that level but that really doesn't bothe rme :) I also experienced my first Granada Night...morning...late night... I went to a discoteca with a couple amigos and we of course got there WAY too early ...
best road trip ever
recipe for an excellent road trip: a compact fiat a gps picnics awesome destination and the ideal companion We went to visit the Alhambra twice! There was really good, wild-caught fish with grilled vegetables at a riverside restaurant in a glass ...
Las vacacciones en Granada
... that way because I think you have to see this place for yourself. Después de Málaga, tomamos el autobus a Granada. Visitamos a Alhambra, tiene una historia muy intersante, puedes leerla aqui No saque muchas fotos aqui, pero quizás es mejor ...
Barbacoa
... we had some coffee (i had tea) and played cards. It was way fun. We played SPOONS, the card game, but since we were in spain and only had plastic forks, we played TENEDORES (tenedor = fork). So really i guess we played forks. (that never ceases to amuse ...
Alhambra
... nbsp; Then we wait for the connection flight to Madrid, and from Madrid to Granada.Have tapas for lunch at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. And then we are on the bus heading ...
La Terasca
... for about an hour before these masks were brought to life by the some locals. They march down the streets of Granada with these puppet giants. An orchestra entertained the crowd as we waited with classical spanish music. A marching ...
Been in Granada the last 3 nights
... remarkable item of the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian historical legacy that makes Granada a hot spot among cultural and tourist cities in Spain. Granada is also well-known within Spain due to its prestigious university and, nowadays, wild night-life ...
Ski Touring up the peak of Veleta, Sierra Nevada
Today was a ski touring day. Granada was covered by a blanket of mist and cloud but we broke out of the cloud on approaching the ski centre. We parked at the Hoya de la Mora. A short 15 min walk took us to the snow at 2600m. We skied via Borregueilles ...
Life in Andalucía
... proper, thorough tour of the history of the Albaicín and how it was the original pueblo of granada even before it was called granada. And we were told about the various changes it went through after it was conquered by the Romans and then later the ...
Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda, here we are at...
Granada is a really cool city if you are a fan of schloss, especially because it was the host city to Moorish royalty for almost 300 years and has an outstanding palace up on top of the hill. The Arabs make a great castle, that is a pretty plain fact we ...
Alabaicin y Roquetas del Mar
... who was a crook so they threw him down the street and down all the clliffs. The Cementerio is the cemetary for all of Granada. In Spain the bodies of the deceased are not embalmed so the close them up into marble coffins and rent out the coffins for a ...
Catching up with stuff!
... round the city, getting the feel of the place. Went out with some of the guys from the hostel in the evening which was cool - granada is a very student-y place which reminded me a bit of durham; even the tapas was chips and a sandwich! Saw the Alhambra of ...
La Alhambra
... The hotel looked nice when we wondered in to visit the chapel. The chapel had been a Muslim sacred place before Christians conquered Granada and the conquerors kept the space as sacred. There were a number of museums in the area too. We visited one ...
Week Two!
... several Corpus Christi events happening. Most will be held just outside the city. Things like bull fighting, flamenco dancers, music and more. Hopefully I'll get a chance to travel on the outskirts to attend these events. I made dinner tonight and ...
on our way to the final city of our trip
We got up early to get to the bus station in time for the 9:00 bus to Granada. We had time, so we grabbed a coffee and some sort of local danish (not churros but I saw them afterward) for breakfast. The trip took 2 1/2 hours and it brought us ...
Granada
July 8, 2005--Granada, Spain We have just finished touring two days in Granada and have really enjoyed it. I don´t think either of us liked it as much as the previous cities we have been, but it has been very enjoyable. Yesterday, we visited the ...
Wait, are we in Morocco?
... problem you could possibly need to cure! Wouldn't it be cool if medicine was actually that easy? Then we wandered around Granada's many squares and did some shopping. I bought a pair of earrings and a little clutch bag and Adrienne bought a necklace. ...
Tapas, Tapas, Tapas!
... fir tapas. It is a very comon thing here as they are inexpensive and tasty. Tomorrow, I'm going to spend some time and take some photos of Granada. I'm going to also try and book the Alhambra for later this week. It's a fascinating place and I ...
Tales of the Alhambra
... , it's been one building site after another all the way down the coast from France, but today we were coverted! Granada is a beautiful city and together with the Alhambra a lovely place in which to lose yourself. If you can cope with the maniac bus ...
Nature Oh how I have missed thee!
... my program and my host sister to a cool little town in the mountains called Bubion. It is a part of the Alpujarras region near Granada. When I say little, just to put it in perspective, we are talkin 300ish people and 4 roads :) Well there were a few more ...
Top 10 hostel - NOT!
... year) and the Alhambra was then used as a Christian stronghold and other buildings added to it. It's very big and sits up on a hill above the city of Granada (I keep typing Grandad...hee hee hee). Because I didn't need to be up early I stayed in bed ...
Aug 31, 2009