Maktub Backpackers Guesthouse Granada

... what Madrid has to offer. Unfortunately Mom and Torrey took off on Monday night to head to Barcelona after 3 great days here in Madrid and thus, with them gone, Scott had no one to hang out with on Tuesday and was forced to come to campus with me so I could go to class. He spent most of the morning/afternoon in the library getting some work done while I was in class and luckily, I was relieved from my last class on Tuesday (from 5:30-6:45) so Scott and I were able to ...

... experienced to be believed.

The Architecture, art, landscaping, and history of the fortress and medina are beautiful, but nothing can match the palace. The mosaics, sculpture, fountains, views, and stories are incredible. This was the place where Islamic Sultans ruled for hundreds of years. After the Moors were expelled, it was also believed to be the place that Christopher Columbus convinced Ferdinand and Isabella to fund his little voyage ...

The train trip from Barcelona to Malaga, Spain took just about 5 hours on one of the super-fast trains in Spain. After having our passports checked and our backpacks x-rayed at the train station of Barcelona, we took the escalator down to the loading area. This was the first (and only) train we have traveled on that felt like an airport security check. Each train car had a host to guide us to our seats after checking our tickets ...

... cellar near our hotel (in the old quarter of town). What strange hours Spain keeps. The show started at 11pm.
Shop hours plus banks/post office open at 9.30, close at 12 30 for a two and a half hour lunch, then stay open until 9pm. Breakfast is about 9am ,Lunch around 2 and supper about 6 then dinner abetween 9pm and 11pm. I seem to be constantly hungry and tired.

... s most famous buildings and the most visited muslim building outside of the Muslim world.). After walking around for a little while I came back to the hostel where they were getting ready to do a 'tapas tour'. I briefly met some of the roommates staying in my room, 3 girls from Merida, Mexico. The tapas tour consisted of 3 different bars. The tour guide was terrible and it wasn't planned out very well. However, the tapas were really cool. Ganada is the only place that does ...

Today is Alhambra day. We had breakfast at the hotel (9E) which included a hot buffet of eggs, bacon and weiner like sausages. The coffee is very good but you have to ask the waiter for it - there are no machines. Usually, you have to buy tickets in advance for the Alhambra but since it is the off season, we just walked up to the gate. Unfortunately we send John at 8am when the gate opened to do this and they told him 'to go away' until the time he wanted to enter ...

... no me haces estudiar ma'?........(Why didn't you make me study more?) Repeta. Entonces un golpe..............(It repeats. Then a rap) que no quiero traducir.................(that I don't want to translate) y yo olvide..............................(An d I forgot) olvido por siempre.......................(I always forget) nunco es estoy caliente, embarazada...(It`s never I am horney *hot*, pregnant *embarassed* o estoy buena ...

... tour via a slightly dodgy map and an audioguide. Its very thorough, you get a great idea of what life may have been like there and the general ideas behind the muslim designs. A hint for anyone thinking of going to the Alhambra, get the audioguide, there is no information inside. Another good reason for getting there early was that it absolutely pooured with rain that afternoon. We got trapped in a tiny cafe which made great paella but very dodgy coffee ...