Grenada is just... awesome. There are essentially two areas duelling for attention. On one, sits the ultimate significance, the Alhambra. Built hundreds of years ago and under a state of renovation and improvement for most of that time, this palace seems to be the Versailles of Spain. The architecture is unbelievable, the gardens unmatched, fountains everywhere. The fountains were really valued by the Moors because they originated from Northern Africa, where water was at a premium. Therefore, these sultans put as many fountains as they could in the Alhambra. Furthermore, each Sultan was trying [View Full Entry]

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Quote of the day- Amelie ´I think my voice is about to completely peace out´ Today we woke early and took the 10am ferry to the mainland, ie. Cadiz. Upon arrival we stopped for breakfast, and then ploughed into the significance. We first went to the Ayuntamiento (town hall) where I hilairiously burned a police officer. He was standing in front a plaque that described the building, and he is with all his officer friends. I walk up, squinting, he looks at me, puffs out his chest, and says in Spanish ´What can I do for you, pretty girl?´ I [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday we took an overnight train from Barcelona to Cadiz. The sleep was... a relief. Kabul in Barcelona was a great hostel, but it was impossible to get any shut eye there. Amelie wis sick as a dog and when we got in to Santa Maria today (a village outside of Cadiz) we essentially showered and collapsed into an impromptu coma at noon. Around three we dragged our sorry selves out of bed in search of comida y playa (food and beach). We found one beach that attempted to sand blast my fair Irish skin, and we fled for the town. [View Full Entry]

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Dear Barcelona, How art thou wonderful, let me count the ways Saturday Fly in, walk around the gothic city until we become rather unhappy sims Nap Discover free dinner at kabul Pub crawl, power hour with unlimited sangria for an hour, end up at a club with a view of the ocean Night of Wilson the snoring man - I find this american guy in our room playing guitar by himself and hoarding into TWO buckets of KFC chicken. It was just gross. I invite him to come down and play cards with us to get him out of there, [View Full Entry]

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Amelie and I are... having so much fun it should be illegal! My trips in Asia set the bar pretty high but so far the trip has risen to the challange. We got in around noon yesterday on different flights but met at the same baggage carousel and made it into the city no problem. I then dragged her around the downtown until she threatened to pass out in a gelateria and we came back so she could siesta. We were SO jet lagged after our all nighter flights that obviously the best solution was to go on a pub crawl [View Full Entry]

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