Continuation of Andalucia Trip

Bienvienido a Granada, enjoy the pictures!!

Ave Maria Cathedral, did not go inside but the exterior is still rediculous.

The building to the right of Ave Maria. I guess its a sign from a God!!

Gato Negro. This interesting little character is plastered on the walls everywhere. He is also painted within the surrounding enviornment, no painted ON a wall, you will see in future pictures.

Views of the Alhambra as we ascend to the top of a lookout point across the river from it. The pictures of the Alhambra and the city are gorgeous from this lookout point.

Another wall painting that works whithin the given enviornment.

A view of the Alhambra from an alley way. Slowly ascending to the top.

Gato Negro. You can probably understand what I meant when I said that he is painted "whithin" and no "on" the enviornment. I dont know what it is but I am in love with this cat and how he is painted in so many different variations around the city.

A view of the snow covered moutains beyond. This is on top of the lookout point.

A view of the city below.

The Alhambra from afar.

Yours truly, with the Alhambra in the background.

As the sun slowly sets over the city of Granada.

Yours truly, again, as the sun is setting.

The sun, as its sets even further into the horizon.

The last of the sun before darkness moves in.

The city below

The Alhambra lit up at night.

The next few pictures are going to be more variations of the Gato Negro as we saw them in progression walking down from the lookout point.

A poem that goes along with Gato Negro.

More pictures from the past...enjoy

I feel absolutely horrible right now because I am still trying to update my blog with pictures from the past. And when I say the past I mean from eons ago. Well, I am going to stop rambling and here is the rest. I will have captions with them also.

This is a picture inside the Madrid train station. Talk about bringing the outdoors inside...literally.

It may be a little difficult to see but there are actually turtles swimming in this pond. Again, this is inside the Madrid train station

Well, welcome to Cordoba. This is a picture outside of the very famous Mezquita. Wait until you see the photos of the inside....breathtaking (as are some of the scenic views of Granada, which will be coming up soon).

Inside the courtyard of the Mezquita. Notice the extreme Arab influence on the architecture. Not only in Cordoba but in most areas in Andalucia, the architecture has a high Arab influence.

The awesome bell tower where people would call the town for prayer.

Inside the Mezquita, and of course the famous view of looking through the line of endless pillars/ archways.

An altar that was gated off. Just look at the intricacy of the detail. Even though the Mezquita was orginally a mosque, it was later turned into a Christian church because of the Spanish Inquistion. Im not exactly sure if it was because of the inquisition, but if it is not then it was something along those lines with "forcing Muslims out a pushing Chrisitanity".

One of the many intricate domes inside the Mezquita. (you will notice that all the architecture in Spain is extremely intricate)

Another type of archway style inside the Mezquita

A good picture showing the mix of Arab and Christian cultures. An altar with a crucfix underneath the Arabic horseshoe arch.

Perfect picture showing the endless rows of columns. I think everybody in the world has seen a picture like this one.

A view of the columns but parallel with them.

If you can see the chrisitanity in the Mezquita after this picture then your obviously not looking at the pictures!!

A very elaborate groin vault in the middle of the Mezquita, where the main Muslim - Chirstian transformation was.

One of the most detailed relics I have ever seen in my life, good lord.

Close up

Interesting statues to be seen in a church!?!?!?

A gorgeous gold cross.

Pics from a long time ago

Well, after recieving my midterm grade, ive decided to pick up the pace and im going to give it my all to keep the blog up to date. Also, the remainder of the trip i have decided to give a focus to my blog but also talk about other things on what is happeining in BCN also. My topic is going to be the tradition of siesta, how it works, what hours does it occur, and how does siesta extend the buisness day compared to the US. Anyways, here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

More posts

Well, I have posted more pictures. The lastest are of the Roman ruins that lurk underneath the city of Barcelona. Even though these pics are being added now, they are decently old news (becuase its hard to keep updating a blog in an internet cafe). But other than that Barcelona is still the intersting city it always was and still is becuase of its mix between modern and old. The nightlife is still a little too much for me to handle, becuase they party till´six in tha mornin´. Other than that my time on the internet has run out so i have to keep it short. Ill be posting more and more often in the future so keep your eyes peeled.

Still trying to keep the blog up to date

Alright people, my computadora is still busted but im spending multiple euro to have uniterrupted time on the internet to upload pics and keep the blog up to date. As you can see I have uploaded my pictures of Santa Maria del Mar and as you can see that it is a spectacular sight. (please appreciate the pictures because it took over a half an hour or 50 centimos just to get them up). Ill try to spend close to 2 hrs. almost every other day so i can solely work on the blog (which is what i just did). Also, Christi if you are reading this please keep in mind my computer woes when deciding on what type of grade I should get for the blog, like I said, I´ve been dropping a lot of money to do this. Next time I post you will be getting a free show of the roman ruins buried underneath Barcelona. After, you will see the first set of photos from field trip numero uno. This week long peregrenation led the group to Madrid, Cordoba, Granada, and Sevilla, but I will fill in all the stories that go along with the pictures when I get to those postings. For now enjoy the following paragraph where Ill ramble for a bit about the general inconveniences that Europe presents.
First, trying to ship items to the US is quite impossible. Finding a FEDEX, UPS, or DHL is like finding the lost city of Atlantis, and once you find it, youll probably forget where it is once you need to find it again. Second, Im not a big fan about the overinflated denomination that this socialist economy uses, the Euro. How can a government overinflate their currency just so their on top, right behind the GBP. But I will have no real beef once the economy comes to an extreme crash and the Euro falls through the floor faster than a 10 ton anvil. Lastly, I still want to figure out how Europeans take a three hour lunch break or siesta in the middle of the day and barely have any actual work days, but have the ability to shop, walk around, and spend money all the time. If anyone has an answe to this, please tell me becuase I want to take this information back to the good ole´ US of A and put it into practice.
Well, until I get the opportunity (and the dinero) to post another blog and a lot more pictures, Ill leave you here to ponder and some of the points I have brought up and gander at the pictures that I have posted.
Ciao,
Pj