I wasn't brave enough to stick around in a witchcraft museum
Did you say Nepal excursion? Sign me up!!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Note to self. Do not, repeat, DO NOT, invite SandiF on Nepal excursion
Andalusia then Morocco ... were you doing The Alchemist pilgrimage? </div></div>
To get to Granada, I had to take the bus back to Malaga bus terminal and get a bus heading towards Granada. I did not get to Granada until late afternoon, perhaps early evening and got a taxi heading to nowhere. Hahaha! With help from the taxi driver, he took me to the lovely Hotel Guadalupe which is located on a winding hill. Got a room there, found out that the Alhambra was just a 100m around the corner. Ticket to visit the Alhambra had to be reserved and that was 19 Euros. It was a very nice evening, the air was cool, so after settling into the hotel room, I headed down the hill from the hotel to catch a mini bus into centro urbano. Ay Caramba! I had no idea where I was going but made note of where I came off the bus and headed off in a direction which I hope would offer something good.
Granada is a much bigger city than Malaga and I found it a bit harder to navigate. The city seemed engulfed by huge cathedral type builds, wider streets and so many people. Trying to determine which way to head and it being early evening, I was not sure if museums or cathedrals were open. The map was hard to read, so I scrapped it. I really could not find much and found myself heading up a hill towards a ruined castle. I had no idea at that time that I was on the road towards the hotel and the ruined castle I came at was the backend of the Alhambra. Taking a few pictures, I head down the steep incline and started making my way up an alley street, looping back and forth and each time coming back to where I had started. Am I walking in a circle? I headed in the opposite direction this time getting to a main street filled with busy Granadians who were off their job and heading home. I love the mix here – the feel of old and new; the women were a bit more stylish than in Malaga but I found that Spanish women are bit heavy in the hips, backside and with heavy legs. They do wear great looking boots. The men were average and the dark dashing Spaniard was nowhere to be seen.
The next morning I walked the 100m for early viewing of the Alhambra. Alhambra made my trip to Granada more worth the while. It is an intricate architectural palace and indeed a monument; comprised of a symmetry of hammams (bath-houses), a palace made out of ornate Moorish designs, facades, terraces, fountains, prayer rooms, and a section called Generalife which is a huge garden created to while the time away and take in the beauty of the vista of the town below. Every room and foyer which I stepped into touched my senses and imagination as I thought of what life was like for the Emir or Sultan who built this divine place.
This day I decided to take it easy and after Alhambra I walked back to the hotel had a small lunch, coffee and a mug of hot cocoa, then back to room for a siesta. I was tired. There was not much to be done this day and felt too lazy to go wandering into centro to see what was happening. I spent the rest of the day around the hotel, watching people, reading and writing.
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