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Thanksgiving...Spanish style

... Scott's larger bag. My homestay is in the opposite direction of the bus station so it ended up taking longer than expected. Luckily we built some cushion time into our schedule and thus we made it onto our bus safely but with only minutes to spare. The bus ride itself was faily uneventful, there is not much to see as far as landscape goes between Madrid and Granada so Scott and I passed the 5 hour trip talking and staring out at the vast, empty plains of Spain. We ...

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

To the Alhambra...

... of vino and a few hands of WHOT, it´s off to bed.

20 Nov
We awake to a chilly yet sunny Granada morning and decide to bus it into town. We are accompanied for the day by Amanda and Gavin a Scottish couple currently living in Barcelona. Alighting from the bus in town, we head up the hill to the Alhambra, which turns out to be a wonderful visual experience comprising of extensive gardens and a number of interconnected palaces. The ...

Granada, Andalusia, Spain lymandannabelle

of Moors and Mountains

... van with a large hairy dog. She had travelled all over Europe and has no intention of giving up. Full of nervous energy, on the go all day, she was thin as a pin and looked much younger than the age she must have been. Also on site was a pair of owls. Someone told us they were barn owls, but we never saw them to confirm it. However they would sit for most of the night at opposite ends of the site hooting and mewling to each ...

Orgiva, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands oldagetraveller

Granada

... The next day, (after some issues with the spanish public transport system, I went horse riding in the southern mountains, in a town called Lanharon. Ït was boiling hot but very beautiful, and my horse, Flicker the Kicker, wasn´t as bad as her name made out. Got to go for a long canter up the mountains and walk down the other side. Lovely. That night I went back to my friends Morrocan tea house and smoked apple flavored sheesha. Off to Valencia in the morning.

Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands jojomo

DAY 3- Torremolinos, Malaga, Granada, Jaen

... We turned toward the Islamic Albayzin neighborhood and power walked along the Rio Darro toward the Alhambra Palace, a finalist for the new seven wonders of the world. A canopied plaza, with a great view of the Alhambra on the hill above, was good spot to stop for some typical tapas and a couple canas (cervezas). We then realized we had about 25 minutes to catch our bus. We made it, only after I (power walking again) all ...

Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands julianurse

Wednesday, February 13 to Sunday, February 17

... JuJu for a little bit. According to her there was another girl with a blond pony-tail there and she was tagging along dancing behind the other one, until she turned around. I found her within a few songs. Saturday night began at the Chiputeria. At night there are workers outside all of the bars handing out coupons for drinks trying to get more people to their bar. Occasionally, they are also for tapa bars and other little food ...

Granada, Spain justinerenee

Friday, January 18 - Sunday, January 20

We finally booked our plane tickets to London and Dublin! We are leaving for London late on January 30 and will be there until February 4. Then we will be in Dublin from the morning of February 4 until February 6. I'm so excited! After lunch Julie, Mark (from ISU), and I walked around Granada. There are Orange Trees all over here and Julie and I were finally tempted enough to try one. It was really sour. We pretended like it was good so Mark would try ...

Granada, Spain justinerenee

Granada - Hot enough to, Your majesty

... the hill to the hostel, which is not easy at the best of times, but scorching heat and no shade don´t add much fun to the experience :) But I´m, sure it is good for my legs. ( at least i have been using all the hill climbing as an excuse to be eating mucho good stuff-including chocolate--so hopefully it is doing something or i will need to book and extra seat on the plane home!) The people here are really great. We have been hanging out a lot at the hostel, chatting ...

Granada, Spain belstar

Morros and Me

... longer; we couldn't handle European pricing - it almost broke the bank, and we did witout food for increasingly long stretches. But, happily, we also had somewhere we needed to be, as we were slated to meet Steve's mom, Leo, in Casablanca on the 10th. So, with just a short foray into the region but with plans to return, we big adieu to Granada the next day, headed south round the rock of GIbralter, and boarded a ferry at Algiceras, Spain heading for Tangier, Morocco.

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