Las Flores De Burriana Nerja

Thanksgiving...Spanish style

... what Madrid has to offer. Unfortunately Mom and Torrey took off on Monday night to head to Barcelona after 3 great days here in Madrid and thus, with them gone, Scott had no one to hang out with on Tuesday and was forced to come to campus with me so I could go to class. He spent most of the morning/afternoon in the library getting some work done while I was in class and luckily, I was relieved from my last class on Tuesday (from 5:30-6:45) so Scott and I were able to ...

Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands warrmb7

The Alhambra

... style="">mosaics everywhere

rooms with arched ceilings with thousands of sculptures in the ceiling

Ceilings representing the 7 levels of heaven in Muslim Culture

The Fountain of Lions

The Grand Pool reflecting the main tower

If you ever get to the south of Spain, do not miss the Alhambra. We found it to be a very long day, but one we that will be a lasting memory of our trip.

Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands jennyandpaul2

Thanksgiving in Frigiliana

... meal -- Fresh guacamole, mandarin oranges, persimmons, nuts, chips, cheese, bread, wine and beer. It was perfect.

We then went into Nerja and spent time on the beach. Jaime went swimming (the rest of us were smart enough to realize that it was freaking cold, so she went solo). We went to a nice gelattoria, and had great ice cream, coffee and treats. Nerja is where we did our grocery shopping (at the SuperMercado), and we ...

Frigiliana, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands jennyandpaul2

To the Alhambra...

... tapas... wonderful. After a few of these, we caught the bus to Bobadilla, which is a 10min walk to the campsite, and conveniently has a typical Spanish (loud men, even louder women serving) bar, where we continued to consume beer and tapas; 4 rounds later, we had spend just Euros 7 per person and felt sated not just Alhambra (the local beer, very good) but the variety of hearty tapas. We walked back to camp for a well earned sleep.

Granada, Andalusia, Spain lymandannabelle

Te echo de menos, Granada!

... I got a glimpse of part of it, and there were people with huge heads on and all kinds of people on stilts. Last weekend, although it was supposed to rain in the afternoon, we finally took our trip to the Alpujarras. There was no rain at all and it was a really fun day. The windy bus ride up the mountains was about two hours long to Bubion, which is a city in the Alpujarras in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The scenery was ...

Granada, Spain and Canary Islands anniemac7

Ass-ing about in Nerja

... dogs, and kittens to go to the loo. We were breakfasted and ready when Sheila and Peter arrived to feed up the animals. This time we swapped roles, and I helped (I think) Sheila with the donkeys, horse, goat, sheep and pigs. You have to open and close various paddock gates to get the donkeys and other animals separated for the day´s events. Still no luck telling the donkey´s apart. I winked at Cameron as I saw him wander by with a bag of dog ****. Man was I glad I ...

Nerja, Spain and Canary Islands jill-cam

Martes el 13!!

... cartoon shows we liked growing up!! It was strange to find out that unlike in the states how Friday the 13th is a day a lot of people are superstitious about, in Spain it is Tuesday the 13th!! I thought that was pretty cool!! The cartoon show talk was cool too. She liked the Flintstone's and the Smurfs, aka los Pitufos. Thought that one was funny!! Nothing else exciting today, packing for Morocco!!! Adios!!

Granada, Spain amy22

Tapas!!

... in the hills or mountains, whichever they are considered!! We saw the school montasery and the fútbol team practicing!! The campus was gated and closed, so we didnt really get to see much there, oh well!! I have been taking advantage of siesta time big time, because I came back and napped for like 2 hours!! Sunday the weather was beautiful almost 65ish I bet!! I took advantage of it and ran outside!!! I like running through the city ...

Granada, Spain amy22

Finally Here

... connection... Then we taxi'd into granada, one of the girls was nice enough to pay for me so that I could pay her back when I finally got euros. Haha, but once we got to my street (Sancho Panza, 13, Portal 1 - #1B, 18008 - Granada, Spain) we couldn't figure out where the apartment building was. So eventually we spotted it, I got out and looked at the bright side of how not all of our luggage would have ...

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Nerja Day Two

... is in Guinness for the largest in Europe, it's huge, they think it took over 1 trillion drops to form it. After the caves we continued to drive eastward around the tip of the peninsula and drove down to a beach recommended in the guidebook. So we drove down, parked the car and walked towards to ocean. First we see several topless women, no big deal here in Europe ...

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