Thursday, July 15, 2010

La Alhambra

My class went to La Alhambra this afternoon. It was a compulsory part of the course- how sad ha ha!
La Alhambra is a Moorish Palace on a hill overlooking Granada. Our guide,  who speaks Arabic (as well as Spanish por supuesto!) told us that La Alhambra means 'The Rock' in Arabic.
It was extremely hot, even at 4.30 in the afternoon when our tour started. We didn't finish until 8pm and it was Still hot!  Four of us shared a taxi to and from the palace as it is quite a distance from our hotel, and we wanted to conserve our energy for the tour.
I was disgusted to see a women scratching at the stone decorations - and I told her so!
The gardens are lovely at this time of the year, unlike when Hannah and I were there a couple of years ago. Sorry this next photo is sideways, I forgot to change it before uploading  and I have to go to my class  now. More photos soon.

2 comments:

  1. Love the photos and it looks a wonderful place to visit. It sounds as though all goes well.:):)

    ReplyDelete
  2. great to talk to you this morning - afternoon lol.
    Yes La Alhambra is magical and well worth a visit whatever time of year

    ReplyDelete