Abades Nevada Palace Granada

... on the site), including Charles V Spanish style palace, and the old Alcazaba, the fort of the Alhambra. But the true gem was the Palacio Nazaries. The intricate scripture on the plaster walls was amazing. The architecture and homage to water, with buildings reflected in huge ponds, is something you wouldn´t find anywhere else in Spain. The only let down was the Lion´s Fountain...the guidebook says its the ¨most photographed¨ part of the Alhambra ...

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... of the entire site, down to each room, was laid out in Pythagorean dimensions. The heights of the columns in this photo were exactly 11 times the diameter of the column. Did you know that the Caliph had a balcony where he could look down on the women’s bath and choose his evening dessert? He’d throw an apple to the lucky lady he chose. Her best hope was becoming preggers with his son. Ah, the ...

There was a mysterious "event" I heard about yesterday that I was going to try and discover this morning on my own. I went out at around 10:30 am to look for it. There were an odd number of people out. I assumed that many people had the day off. There were a large number of children as well. Again, I assumed they had the day off from school.

As I walked closer and closer to the town center ...

... and headed off at 8.00, walking up a steep hill for 30 minutes until I arrived. I liked the Alhambra, I liked the details, everything had detail, but I don't know what I liked more, walking to the Alhambra when there were yet almost no people on the streets, or seeing all the architecture with people as sardines in a box. I think what I liked the most was when I sat down on a chair to soak up some sun and a stray cat jumped on my lap. We sat there for about ...

... I can´t even explain to you how good it was. Another night of socializing and a couple bottles of wine. That was Granada, pretty uneventful but after Barcelona, I needed a couple days of doing very little. Its funny, Italy has a traveling circuit that most people do, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Cinque Terre, and Venice. Spain is no exception, San sebastain, Barcelona, Granada, and Seville. I wasn´t about to deviate from everyone else, or was I???????????????????

... Siesta...hmmm Spain sounds nice!! We then headed on to Granada which is another beautiful, clean Spanish city. There are fountains and trees everywhere. The best part is that I had booked a private room and bathroom for this tour and in Spain most Hostels and more like Hotels. This one was very nice and most importantly had air conditioning. It was 40 when we arrived at 6pm. After a quick orientation walk through the ...

What up everyone! Like the title of this entry says, where do I even start as far describing my first few days in Spain. Everything has been a whirlwind of adventure, excitement and frustration. Things have for the most part gone well besides the journey here: 1.) My flight from L.A. to Chicago was delayed which caused me to miss my flight from Chicago to Dublin 2.) Also my luggage did not arrive with me at the Malaga Airport this past Wednesday. This being somewhat of a common ...

... in again, preferably on a weekday afternoon when it is less crowed. It is a truly amzing building and there is so much to see. I will save a more thorough description for the next time I visit! In other news, a Japanese girl, Mari moved in yesterday and will be with us for one week, maybe up to three. She is nice, although her Spanish is REALLY bad (worse than mine!) and she speaks English which I´m trying to avoid. Angeles absolutely forbids it in the house. It is nice to ...

... ticas que nos mantuvieron entretenidos durante un rato largo.



El tren llegó puntualmente a las 8 de la mañana a la pintoresca y céntrica estación de Granada. Bajé del tren, reservé mi regreso a Madrid para el tren nocturno (a ver si no tenía lugar) y en compañía de las chicas yanquis (Ann Marie, Jane, Erika, Tanya, Kelly y Melissa) nos fuimos a desayunar a un bar. Nos presentamos y me contaron que estaban estudiando español en ...