Today we ventured off to Granada to see the Alhambra. The city of Granada was nothing special (I think Ronda still takes the cake as my favourite little town in Andalucia) but the Alhambra was amazing. The trip there wasn´t much except for a wind farm perched high on the mountains and a bizarre redinition of a French Nursery rhyme ¨Allouette¨ which popped onto one of the Spanish radio stations.
We had a great day looking around the gardens and eventually through the Nasrid Palaces with incredibly detailed carvings throughout. (In a very geeky moment Mandy and I made the others wait while we had a guide of the park bluetoothed to our phone). Although we were limited to only 30mins in the Palace, I managed to get stuck behind a tour group and spent nearly an hour taking photos inside.
Unfortunately this left our run for lunch a little late and after negotiating the narrow city streets and finding a park. We tried a few cafes but all had already closed their kitchens so we resorted to Háagen Dazs for lunch. Vanessa managed to find her new favourite coffee variety, ¨Cafe Bombon¨which is basically a shot of coffee over a shot of condensed milk and the rest of us attempted hypoglycemia on the drinks and sundaes that followed.
We had a bit of traffic chaos on the way home. Mandy´s lack of details on directions do make for interesting voyages at times, choosing to tell you the route not to take rather than the one to take so it becomes a process of elimination on round abouts. This was slightly compounded by the wrong turn into roadworks and the ¨mush¨of cars trying to squeeze past.
Great day in the end with some fantastic photos. I´m off in search of some wine to enjoy with our gluten free goodies!
Tomorrow we´re off to Seville for the day and Friday is a day of rest (and picking up Ben)
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