Hotel Cuevas Abuelo Jose Guadix

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

To the Alhambra...

... tapas... wonderful. After a few of these, we caught the bus to Bobadilla, which is a 10min walk to the campsite, and conveniently has a typical Spanish (loud men, even louder women serving) bar, where we continued to consume beer and tapas; 4 rounds later, we had spend just Euros 7 per person and felt sated not just Alhambra (the local beer, very good) but the variety of hearty tapas. We walked back to camp for a well earned sleep.

Granada, Andalusia, Spain lymandannabelle

Mom's Questionairre

... I agonize over whether I should be away from home. Maybe here isn't the right place to be. But I am here, and also wonder if I wouldn't kick myself for not taking advantage of that. But don't get me wrong, it hasn't been all sad and confusing I have had a wonderful time with Francisco and other friends and love being in Granada. My plans for this upcoming month are a. undetermined b. developing along the lines of ___________ c. established as follows _____________ ...

Granada, Spain and Canary Islands sandramorrow

Granada

... for renovation.. yargh. But aaah it was so great, and the Palace of Carlos V has an interesting design - the buildling is square, but houses a circular room, which is supposed to symbolize the unity of land (square) and sky (circle). Blargh, again, it was such a wonderful experience to be in La Alhambra, but this meager description will have to do for now Unfortunately, we could only spend half an hour in La Alhambra, so we got kicked out, and made our way to our ...

Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands alicetin

Granada!

... hours, it was really comfortable and scenic! We were served drinks and food, and we watched movies in the comfort of reclining leather seats. Olive ...

Granada, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands johnny322

Southern Spain...Sevilla, Cordoba & Granada

... The fruits of our labor were all for naught, and the not so "royal" oranges got the best of us! Perhaps what grabbed me most about Cordoba was its curious oddities: *The bells in the central square replaced with megaphones spewing discordant sounds every 15 minutes of the hour. *The hotel receptionist telling me the internet is "closed" when the computer is clearly on and available in the lobby. *The ...

Granada, Spain alijstock

Monday, January 14 - Wednesday, January 16

... nd Dublin! I *m going with Julie, J*ckie, *nd * girl from ISU n*med Amy. After being *t the school for so long we hit up h*ppy hour *t P*ddy's from 6-8PM; I'm beginning to think P*tty re*lly likes us. Wednesd*y night I went s*ls* d*ncing! J*ckie is pretty much obsessed with it, so she knew * pl*ce close by c*lled Chic*go. We met some *migos there who t*ught us. One *ctu*lly t*ught s*ls* lessons *nd the other two were his ...

Granada, Spain justinerenee

Andalucia

... he finally started closing his eight different instant messaging conversations he had going on!! I couldn't believe it..but I was going nowhere until I could get on! The next day Claire and I headed out to explore the city. The main attraction we wanted to see was Alhambra, which is a compound of palaces and gardens which was built under the Nazari dynasty in the 13th century. We were not sure exactly where it was located but ...

Granada, Spain hlautie

Granada

... we have been to yet on this particular trip. It was completed by early 1700 and is built in the Renaissance/Gothic style. Today we plan to tour the rest of Granada including the Alhambra, the Gypsy quarter, and the Arab quarter. Of note, we are aware of the bombings this morning in London and will be as vigilant as we can.

Granada, Spain tenvols