The Alhambra

The door on the left is yes, the one of the right is no



















writing in spanish














writing in arabic



















one of the girls said i looked like LPGA so this is my golf stance

pretty flowers

The Alhambra is a monument in Granada... it was originally a muslim fortress and palace that took over 100 years to build. We went there yesterday... most people took the bus but I walked with a couple of others. The entrance is a huge arch with two small arches on either side. Once you go in, you have to walk up an angle that's probably about 45 degrees. It was ROUGH to say the least. However, I'd like to add proudly, that we walkers arrive at the same exact time as the lazy bus riders LOL.

Once up there you walk into the fortress through this crazy-thick door, and then walk through and up in the tower. From the tower you can see the entire city of Granada, as well as the Sierra Nevada in the background. At the top of the tower there is a bell that the young ladies would ring when they were ready to be married.

Then we exited the tower and went into the palace. It was really pretty. When you first walk in there are two doors. Basically when a visitor came, there were two options. Either they like the visitor and they get invited through one door into the palace, or they exit through the other door... both are indentical. The Alhambra was first occupied by muslims, and was later posessed by Christians, so the two religions show their influence through the architecture. There is writing in classic arabic and then also in latin.

Then we walked through some gardens.