We spent five days in Granada. The city has a lot to offer, but by the time we left for Liverpool I did feel like I had worn it out.
Some notable things are:
1. The Alhambra, of course, with the Geralife. The Alhambra was a walled city built by the Moors. Yes, the Arabs did rule parts of Spain for a long time, and I'll admit that I didn't know that before this trip. Still standing in the ancient city are many palaces, a massive watch tower, old baths, more palaces, and other ruins. It's hard to describe the Alhambra and really get across a feel for what it is. You'll have to see my pictures from there when I get a chance to post them, that's right, I still am not able to post pictures, so I don't blame you for navigating away from this page now.
2. The Cathedral, with the Royal Chapel, where king Ferdinand and queen Isabel (the one who sponsored Columbus) are buried. All very beautiful. I have some pictures from the Cathedral. I have seen so many churches by this point that I'll admit they have started to blend together in my mind, some may already be forgot completely. Photos will bring them back.
3. Alcabayzin, an ancient Arab neighborhood on the hill up above the central city. And I think this was my favorite place in all of Granada (really a pretty small city). There were very cool old churches, a Mosque, small winding roads, long alleys painted with cool graffiti (fun pictures to be posted), and great look out points to view Granada and the Alhambra. I'm sure there was much more, but I can't remember it all.
4. Sacramonte, a neighborhood in the city where gypsies built their houses in the rock walls.
5. Visited the San Jeronimo and the Cartuja monasteries. Monasteries are the best to visit because they have everything; a church, cells, dining halls, and everything else that is cool to explore.
6. Discovered the location of every single supermercado in the city. The Mercadona was the best - they had every single food item you'd need, so it was a disappointment that we didn't have a kitchen at our hostel the whole time. And then finally, when we next had access to a kitchen facility in Liverpool, we had the nicest hosts who just made us our delicious meals. And then finally, when we next had access to a kitchen facility in Newcastle, a huge kitchen with nobody taking advantage of it, we had no food to cook.
7. Made friends with many dogs who were only interested in the friendship for the picnic food we had with us at the park. The friendships never lasted long, eventually the dog would come to the realization that we were never likely to put out, and thus he would move on to the next naive picnic-er.
And we've been in London now for a while, a couple days and this great trip will be over. Sorry about no pictures. They're not that great anyway, don't worry, you're probably not missing much...
6. Discovered the location of every single supermercado in the city. The Mercadona was the best - they had every single food item you'd need, so it was a disappointment that we didn't have a kitchen at our hostel the whole time. And then finally, when we next had access to a kitchen facility in Liverpool, we had the nicest hosts who just made us our delicious meals. And then finally, when we next had access to a kitchen facility in Newcastle, a huge kitchen with nobody taking advantage of it, we had no food to cook.
7. Made friends with many dogs who were only interested in the friendship for the picnic food we had with us at the park. The friendships never lasted long, eventually the dog would come to the realization that we were never likely to put out, and thus he would move on to the next naive picnic-er.
And we've been in London now for a while, a couple days and this great trip will be over. Sorry about no pictures. They're not that great anyway, don't worry, you're probably not missing much...
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