SchwabBlog: South of Spain

Was fortunate enough to go on a trip through the South of Spain. Two ladies from my program and I set off to three major cities: Granada, Cordoba, and Seville.We toured away from the Gothic style of architecture that has been in all of the cities we have visited so far and stepped into something like Aladdin. Saw the '8th' wonder of the world, The Alhumbra, in Granada. A palace/fortress built in the 14th century by the Moorish rulers. It was Africa's last stronghold before Spain regained control of the country. A small walled in city that overlooked all of Granada... AMAZING. Next, we wandered the windy streets of Cordoba before entering the Mezquita: a mosque built on top of a chapel with a new Roman church built inside of the temple. Confused? I still kind of am. But lets just say it is a ongoing war, with a sad history, of whose property the Moorish mosque/Christian church mixture is. Meanwhile, it makes for one great place to visit. Lastly, we enjoyed 'Spain Day' holiday in Seville, the flamenco/tapa capitol of Spain (although we didn't see Flamenco.. we enjoyed some tapas!). The weekend was history packed but we managed to get in time in each place to get a good feel for it.

**Note: this is a picture packed blog. I had a hard time narrowing down what to share with you all. We saw so many things, I hope the pictures can give a better glimpse into my experiences. So come and go as you please. :)

Granada

Granada was beautiful. The river added a low key atmosphere to the city

Random fruits on the side of the road... we had to try them. One word: interesting

Kathleen, Hannah and I

We stumbled across this amazing fountain

The General Life Gardens in the Alhambra

They were incredible, unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of them

Alhambra Ancient Baths

Beautiful View of Granada from Alhambra

One of the castles within the Alhambra grounds

Kathleen with good 'ole faithful and handy Rick Steves

Part of Alhambra from the outside

Within Palacios Nazaries.

Patriotic Moment: We were standing where the Moorish King's ruled as well as where Christopher Columbus asked the Queen of Spain to find a new way to India. AKA find America.