Today was mostly a
nice long rest day, which ended up coinciding quite nicely with one of the
hottest days so far here. We went for a walk in the morning, exploring the only
view point we hadn't seen yet. We wandered around for a bit exploring the parts
of the city we hadn't seen, and ended up by the river buying some very fancy
tea for a very fair price. Later in the afternoon we went grocery shopping, and
since then we've mostly just been resting- driven back to our hostel as the sun
really started beating down. We caught up on some Netflix and have been trying
to beat the heat by staying inside, but I will say it's still quite hot! I'm
sitting in bed right now just covered in sweat, and the sun isn't even up
anymore. It's just one of those days. On longer trips there ends up being a
couple of relatively chill recovery days.
Tomorrow is the
Alhambra, should be nice.
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Today was the
Alhambra!
My mood has improved
a lot since yesterday because it wasn't nearly as hot today- there was actually
quite a nice breeze tonight. Also, the Alhambra was amazing!
I'd seen it before
but I didn’t remember all the different rooms. The intricacy blew my mind
again, and I liked not being with a school group like last time so that we
could hang back and look at everything on our own time. Rachel got some
beautiful photos, including one of stained glass windows projecting coloured
light onto the wall. A hilarious detail I noticed this time around was that in
one room, there was clearly a carving on the ceiling done by the Catholics
after they invaded, and it was so much less detailed and impressive compared to
the Muslim wall and ceiling carvings. Whereas the Moorish parts were small and
symbolic, the invading Spaniards had carved a giant "F" and a giant
"Y"- for King Ferdinand and Queen Ysabella (of the Spanish
Inquisition)- right front and centre in their carving. It was almost like they
were saying "see, we can do it too!" But not as well tbh.
You vs the guy she tell you not to worry about:
Another funny
detail: people back then in this part of the world had no frickin idea what
lions looked like. The carved statues looked more like dogs.
The gardens were
lovely, I saw some cute koi and frogs, and I appreciated the trees on the way
up and down the path to the palace. It made me miss the forests back home!
In the evening we
went out for tapas once more, and tapas-bar-hopped to three different places to
get a full of combined tapas. The quality and quantity varied greatly,
generally the more there was the less awesome it was. But still a nice dinner
experience for a very reasonable price!
After climbing up
the hill (honestly, the equivalent of Mt Tolmie) back to our hostel, we are now
just hanging out a bit before sleep. We might watch some season three of The
Good Place- they have it on Netflix here!
Peace Out.
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