Atenas Granada

... reason for going to Granada was the Alhambra, so we had to go.
After a stroll through the Jewish quarter, we took a long hike up the back way to the Alhambra, the greatest Moorish palace still standing in Europe. We had a picturesque picnic in the Generalife Gardens, which had not only great plants and fountains, but also an awesome view of the Palace and of the sprawling city below. Then it was off to explore the other palaces (there are 3 ...

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¡Hola familia y amigos! It's my 4th week here in Granada and I am starting to feel at home. I have a good group of friends here and I am very comfortable walking around most of the city. Granada is very small so it reminds me of Boston in a lot of ways. The Spanish students started their classes on Monday so our residence is now very full. I have met a few of them who seem friendly but it seems like a lot of them steer clear of us Americans which ...

... 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 ...

... s hät irgendwie rächt viel so penner/junkie Lüüt
ume. Darum händ mir entschiede, dass mir morn über d Sierra Nevada
wiiterziehnd nach Nerja, isch am Meer und eus det na äs paar schöni Täg
machet.

Vo Cordoba us hämer d Josefin mitgnah, sie isch ä Australierin, reist
allei und hät au am gliiche Tag vo Cordoba uf Grenada welle, also hämer
sie mitgnah i eusäm Mietauto.

Jetzt bini gspannt uft al Hambra.



Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands dovi

... three beers and three Tapas and some common phrases now learned (the Aussie taught me some) I get back to the Hostal and start talking the a german guy named Benedict, or the pope as we called him later in the day. Also met more Aussie´s, Jolene Peter and two Americans named Essa and Kristy. Either way we all decide to go on the town, but first we get some beer from the local store, the amount of beers comes to about 28 euros and consists of 24L of beer, which is a ...

... facebook and myspace...they really are lost to the sands of time, a distant, seemingly fabricated memory that grows weaker with each passing day. No matter how large of a role they played in your life, they are destined to be forgotten. It is a situation with which I haven't grown completely comfortable yet...I'm not sure that I ever will. My friends of Oasis hostel...this blog is dedicated to you and your kin. I miss you all dearly, may your travels be as significant and life changing as mine were.

... attention to the little details that impresses us viewers. At once the distinguish moorish windows opened up to a magnificent sight of the Albaycin. It looked unreal, had I not walked around there yesterday, I would probably have thought it wasn't real. I moved along with the crowd. There was no point anymore to move my jaw back up where it belongs, because it just kept dropping with every inch of the palace I laid my eyes upon. The Court of ...