Granada
Caught the night train from Barcelona to Malaga, and then a bus to Granada. Luckily I asked the information chick about the hostel because she rang and reserved me the final room for the night at The Oasis - this chick in Barcelona said it was the place to go.
Sure wasn´t wrong!! Smallish hostel in the tiny muslim quarter streets.. barely drive a moped through them, but there are little market stalls on both sides and feels quite middle-eastern.
Quick history lesson: After the Roman rule crumbled and the Spanish ruled in their own right, the Muslims invaded from the south and over ran the entire Iberian Peninsular - Granada and Sevilla were their strongholds for several hundred years, and Granada was one of the final places to fall back into the hands of the Spanish as part of the Requestador (¿name accuracy?).
Visited the ALHAMBRA which is the massive fortification and palace´s built by the muslims and later inhabbited by the Spanish king and queen. Amazing gardens, palacial architecture and extremely secure fortifications perched on a hill over looking all of Granada and the Sierra Nevada.
Met this great group of Aussie´s there as well - they were salivating when I mentioned the spare jar of vegemite I had, so I donated it to Jake who was off to Equador and has been without for several weeks already... really doubt he would have survived without it.
Sure wasn´t wrong!! Smallish hostel in the tiny muslim quarter streets.. barely drive a moped through them, but there are little market stalls on both sides and feels quite middle-eastern.
Quick history lesson: After the Roman rule crumbled and the Spanish ruled in their own right, the Muslims invaded from the south and over ran the entire Iberian Peninsular - Granada and Sevilla were their strongholds for several hundred years, and Granada was one of the final places to fall back into the hands of the Spanish as part of the Requestador (¿name accuracy?).
Visited the ALHAMBRA which is the massive fortification and palace´s built by the muslims and later inhabbited by the Spanish king and queen. Amazing gardens, palacial architecture and extremely secure fortifications perched on a hill over looking all of Granada and the Sierra Nevada.
Met this great group of Aussie´s there as well - they were salivating when I mentioned the spare jar of vegemite I had, so I donated it to Jake who was off to Equador and has been without for several weeks already... really doubt he would have survived without it.
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