This past weekend I went to Granada, Spain, home to the famous Alhambra, Moroccan tea, and the burial place of Queen Isabel and King Fernando (not bad huh?). We left Saturday (March 9th) morning. The trip started off by the bus breaking down before we even left and we had to kill a little time before we got on the 3 hour bus! When we got to Granada we checked into our hotel and had a lunch buffet! I was so relieved to be able to choose my own food, I ate a salad, paella, bread, pudding, fruit! It was delicious! After lunch we went for a stroll through barrio del albaicin, a cute neighborhood with decorated houses. Then we went to the Capilla Real, the burial place of Queen Isabel and King Fernando! It was absolutely awesome to see where these royals, who we have learned about since first grade, were buried! I also went to a few look out places to see beautiful views and we also bought dulces (sweets) from a convent!
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| Burial place |
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| pretty ceramic decorations |
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| Decorated houses |
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| street performer |
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| city view |
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| convent where we bought sweets |
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| Me with the Alhambra in the background |
After all the tours, we had free time which I spent wandering the streets of Granada and hiding from the rain in a tetería, a tea shop! The tea shop had incenses and the teas were delicious. I drank a tea called Pakistani - which had tea mixed with milk and spices! I also had a tea called mil flores. The worker in the shop ordered these teas for us because we had no clue what to order! For dinner we went to a tapas bar where we ordered sangria and received free tapas!
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| My friend Caroline and me at the tea shop |
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| Tapas |
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| Cute tea pots |
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| cute streets |
The second day we woke up, ate a breakfast buffet, and then went on a tour of the monastería de cartuja. It was really amazing to see how these monks lived. We took a quick pit stop in another tea shop (we just couldn't get enough) and then we had a buffet lunch and finally went on the tour of the Alhambra. The Alhambra was the last Muslam territory in Granada before Bobdil gave the keys over to Queen Isabel and King Fernando. We went to the palaces, gardens, and towers of the Alhambra and enjoyed the beautiful views!! Granada was a truly beautiful place and if you ever find yourself there I highly suggest spending your day tea shop hopping!!
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| Meghan and I in the Alhambra |
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| Highest tower |
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| On top of the highest tower |
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| Gardens in the Alhambra |
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| Famous picture shot |
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