Blogs from Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

TOUR 2 – Great Iberian Tour – MON, 13 JUN 2022 – Day 14: Visit the Alhambra (if you bought the trip with the entrance included). Night transfer. We will have a full day in GRANADA. For those who booked the trip with the entrance included, in the afternoon we will visit with a local guide the immense Alhambra Palace and its beautiful Generalife gardens, built in Arab times. In the evening we will visit the, a World Heritage site as is the Alhambra, where you can have dinner in the narrow winding streets of this captivating Medieval Moorish quarter. At night, you will have the option to attend a flamenco dance show in the traditional neighbourhood of Sac­romonte. IMPORTANT NOTE: The maximum number of people allowed to visit the Alhambra is limited by the local ... read more

Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It's inseparable from those from the get-go. Anthony Bourdain The day started easy enough in Valencia. We hailed a taxi and headed toward the railway station. We claimed our Prius and slowly pulled away from the lovely city of Valencia and began to familiarize ourselves with the Spanish roadways. Honestly... we've been traveling for a fair number of years and are now absolutely amazed how people navigated before the joys of GPS... and we were those people! The Spanish countryside was dotted with mile after mile of lemon, lime and olive trees. We thought we'd share with you that we took the A-7, to the A-35, to the A-344 to A-31 and ... read more

Granada was our last sightseeing city. We walked the streets of Old Town, spending more time in the shops and less in the cathedrals. This time we explored without a guide, as we had in the other cities. Granada a beautiful city. With the snow capped Sierra Nevada mountains and the Alhambra, as its back drop, and the narrow cobblestone streets, the photo ops were endless. We spent time in the Alcaiceria, once a silk market, but now full of souvenir shops; it reminded me a little of the souk in Israel. Taking a break from walking in a Morrocan style tea shop on the Rua de Casas de Cha, was delicious... the tea of course but also the crepes and baklava style pastries. We walked through the Albayzin, with winding narrow streets of the Moorish ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Nous avions bien hâte de visiter l'Alhambra à Grenade qui est supposé être un des 'joyaux' de l'Espagne. Notre déceptions fût grande de tomber sur une guide qui valaît ZERO. Elle ne nous a pas donné de cartes car c'est trop 'mêlant' et ses commentaires ont portés sur les pommes grenades qui sont l'emblème de la ville.Elle nous a informé que le Sultan avait 4 femmes officielles et plusieurs concubines!!! sur les lieux, l'histoire et la construction...pas d'info, j'ai trouvé un peu d'info sur le web que je partagerai avec vous. Le voyage de 2 heures en autobus pour y aller et de même au retour a été très agréable afin de contempler les cultures d'oliviers, d'avocats et d'asperges. Comme on est heureux d'avoir le soleil avec nous, on profite de la journée ... read more

So my last blog post, I mentioned a relationship I needed to end before I left to study abroad. This post is going to explain more what happened between him and I. I first met Tadashi while working at the Home Depot near my home in Columbus, Ohio. That would have been two summers ago and he actually asked me out, but I had to turn him down because I was focused on my finals at the time. I did end up dating someone else from the Home Depot not too much time after that.. so oops. That relationship is an entire another story I may get into one day but is not related to either of the current topics of discussion. So come last summer of 2018 and I am back at the HD. single. ... read more