Monday 16 January 2012
We were up at 9:30 AM thanks to Charles setting his alarm and knocking on the door. He slept in the van while Myles had a master bedroom, Nicole slept in the “dining room”, and Dian was in the “foyer”. Improvising accommodations was challenging but a good skill to cultivate. By 1 PM we had caught the bus to Nueva Fuente (New Fountain) University. We walked a good distance from there to catch a mini bus to the Alhambra. Instead of buying tickets for the Alhambra tour however, we only found out some information regarding timed entries etc. and decided to dedicate a whole day to the tour of the Alhambra and Generalife (Gardens) two days later.
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| "Will you take a picture" is sometimes interpreted as "Will you be in a picture." |
We had two exhibitions to see for free, the Escher and Owen Jones shows being held in the Charles the 5
th Palace. We thoroughly enjoyed the M.C. Escher exhibit which beautifully captured the geometric symmetry of the Islamic tile and wood carving motifs. He came from Holland and was greatly influenced by the Islamic style. The other exhibit was good but the chance to see a real wood worker in action was the best! His shop was filled with lacquered wood table tops and boxes (one of which we bought) and as we observed his precision with the chisel and glue we were mightily impressed.
Since the weather was not only chilly but lightly raining we took cover at the Paradores Hotel restaurant and had either coffee, hot chocolate or water in the ultra modern monastery-turned-hotel. Upon our perusal of the photos adorning the wall, we saw that Michelle Obama had dined there and our waitress was standing right next to her!! When we brought this to her attention she immediately beamed with pride and acknowledged that it was a privilege for her.
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| Charles the Fifth! |
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| Tired. |
We came home on the bus, had sandwiches and pasta then curled up in various heaps while Charles read aloud from Don Quixote.
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| The Alhambra |
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| "Canon Fodder" (mudder not pictured) |
We were up at 9:30 AM thanks to Charles setting his alarm and knocking on the door. He slept in the van while Myles had a master bedroom, Nicole slept in the “dining room”, and Dian was in the “foyer”. Improvising accommodations was challenging but a good skill to cultivate. By 1 PM we had caught the bus to Nueva Fuente (New Fountain) University. We walked a good distance from there to catch a mini bus to the Alhambra. Instead of buying tickets for the Alhambra tour however, we only found out some information regarding timed entries etc. and decided to dedicate a whole day to the tour of the Alhambra and Generalife (Gardens) two days later.
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