Best Western Hotel Salobrena

Thanksgiving...Spanish style

... were able to see the beauty of the Alhambra. The palace was gorgeous and intricately decorated with interesting shapes and tiles. Though Scott and I enjoyed our time there very much, it was interesting to see the look on Torrey's face as she walked though the palace, a look of sheer awe. Its times like these that I wish I knew more about architecture and how it works because although the palace was beautiful, Torrey seemed to appreciate its awesomeness much more so ...

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

... was perched almost on the top of the mountain. Upon arriving in Frigiliana by bus, we had to hike through the entire village and then take another 600 steps up the steep side of the mountain. It afforded us beautiful views, incredible peace and quiet, and plenty of exercise. Avocado, olive, lemon, and orange trees surrounded the area. It was a wonderful place to rest and relax during Thanksgiving week.

Paul's cousin ...

Frigiliana, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands jennyandpaul2

To the Alhambra...

19 Nov
After a 6 hour drive, (we´ve now covered around 1,600miles since leaving Bmth ) we enter Granada just b4 dark. Granada is the gateway to the Sierra Nevada, and our intention is to stay 2nights, mainly so we can spend one day in the Alhambra. We pitch our tent just b4 dark, the campsite conveniently located 5km outside Granada. We immediately notice a sharp (can see our breath!) drop in temperature, so after a camp meal and a couple of ...

Granada, Andalusia, Spain lymandannabelle

Granada

At the bus station in Grenada there was a guy in a kiosk with a sign beside it saying "Beds from 15 euros". That caught my attention. I went over and of course all the 15 euros beds were gone. So after a bit or ringing around he found me a bed in a Pension for 25 euros. I booked two nights. I went outside and caught the no 33 bus in to the center of the city and got off at the cathedral. A quick 10 minute walk through the back streets and I found the ...

Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands anywherebuthere

Salobreña, to the beach!!!!

Today was the start of a great weekend!!! Woke up early to catch the 9am bus to Salobreña, the nearest beach to Granada. There was a group of about 12 of us who went, so it was a good time! The beach was much bigger than Nerja was, but not nearly as pretty. Again the water was cold, but it really doesn't heat up until June and July. The ...

Salobrena, Spain and Canary Islands amy22

Catching up

... nice really being a tourist and having them show and tell us about everything. I learned so much. We were able to do two walking tours with them as well. One was all about the Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guards and the other one covered everything you could want to know about The Beatles. That tour was my favorite part of that day. The third day we decided to take a day trip to Stratford, Cotswold and Oxford (where Elli went to school!J) It was ...

Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands jcjohn2

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

... and I did not know what time anything was at or even how to get to the school. We decided 9AM sounded good and Hecho walked us there. The building is a 20 minute walk from our casa. After the exam we walked around Granada with four other girls from ISU. Surprisingly we did not get lost! We made it back to our casa by 2:30PM for lunch. We ate soup, pan, chicken and beef in a sauce, and French fries ...

Granada, Spain justinerenee

My favourite things (the Granada edition)

... but there´s a bit more variety with the main course than with the starter. The dessert is hardly ever specified, and is probably whatever they´ve got handy in the freezer on the day. Unless you go somewhere very very touristy, the food is normally quite good, and cheaper than ordering a single main at any restaurant (including the one that´s offering the menu del dia). I haven´t quite figured out the economics behind it - I figure that they must buy ...

Granada, Spain namalee

Breakdown (no other way to describe it)

... a bag. RAC then ordered a taxi and took us to a hotel, a bit seedy, but OK. Friday night so there was not hope of any news until at least Monday. RAC kept in touch making sure all was OK. Monday they phoned to say that the part would have to come from UK. To cut a long story short, we spent 6 nights in Motril, not a very nice town, but soon found some familiar haunts. After getting the van fixed, only costing 50 Euros, we decided to head back to Salobrene where we spent ...

Salobrena, Spain lizp