Camino De Granada

... we have been invited back to my homestay to eat dinner with my host mother and my roommates. I am extremely excited for Mom, Torrey and Scott to see where I've been living and get a better sense of what a typical day is like for me here in Madrid. Though I'm sad to see everyone head out in the next 2 days I have enjoyed my week very much. Its hard to believe that in a little over 3 weeks it'll be me getting on the plane to head back to the states. I'll write again soon!

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 ...

... fall I saw colors of Autumn. I love it. When we arrived to Granada the first thing that went through my head was that it was quite different than Malaga. The bus drive parked the bus in front of our hotel which was in the center of the city and we had about ten minutes to go to the bathroom. I did that but then I thought that I would have gotten a better first experience in Granada by quickly leaving the group and walking down the road. I´m glad ...

... that was pretty too! We got really lucky with the weather in Córdoba too! It was real hot - 90 degrees or so!

After the Mezquita we went to the Plaza de la Corredera which is FULL of little cafes in this gigantic plaza. We sat there most of the day drinking tinto de veranos and coffees and soaking in the atmosphere.

The night of flamenco music made me so happy. It is so important to just live in the moment, make the most of your time, and ...

The bus ride home was terrible.  My body was sore, the bus was cramped and we didn't get home until 7am the next morning. We slept late into the afternoon on Sunday.  I ran up into town to check the train schedule, I was going to Spain on a little incognito trip for three nights.  I had to catch a 2:30 flight out of Bologna on Monday, and wanted to see what train I needed to wake up for and catch.  The lady told me there was 10:30 train that would get me into Bologna at 1:30.  Not early ...

... also attending carmen de las cuevas).  sherif agreed that getting a tan, dying my hair black, and wearing patches with the flags of other countries were all silly ideas, likely to draw more attention not less.  sherif did, however, recommend that i shave my red beard.   "not that you are going to 'blend in' without it, you just may stand out less in a crowd...as long as you stay close to your egyptian friends and keep a low profile in ...

... conquered it in 1492 under the rule of the famous King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel.  The story goes that as the ousted Moorish king was forced to flee the palace, he looked back longingly and was berated for it by his mother, who told him "You do well to weep as a woman for what you could not defend as a man".  Ouch.   Over the following centuries the palace and it's fortress, the Alcazaba, were home to a series of rulers, dignitaries, travelers and artists ...

... crawling up the hillside. There are narrow pebbled streets and an ancient wall with cave homes above that. Much of this we have yet to explore. We spent many peaceful hours today on the other hill - the Alhambra - endless palace rooms of Moorish architecture beautifully presevered since the Moors were ¨thrown out¨in the 1300s and endless refreshing European gardens with flowers fountains and pools. There are wonderful views of the city and ...

... Sorry Mom, I'm fine. I've just been very busy working and exploring Granada and the computer is usually taken when I have time to drop a line. I didn't think it was a big deal if I didn't check in since I went for more than a week without contact on my last European tour. I finally bought a sim card for the phone so you could call me, but the phone was stolen that night from my zipped pocket. As for the things that have ...

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