Tales of the Alhambra

This is how every day goes:

Wake up.
Wake kids up.
Eat.
Bathe.
Leave house 30 minutes later than the time agreed upon the night before.
Drive to day's destination.
Eat late lunch.
See the local monument / church / castle.
Eat ice cream.
Drive back to house.
Swim.
Eat dinner.
Blog.

The Alhambra, in Granada, was the historic highlight of the trip. The Alhambra contains the former palaces of the Nasrid kings, roughly 700 years ago. Granada sits in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range and we were surprised to see snow on the mountains since it has been in the 90s since we arrived. The city of Granada and The Alhambra have the best examples of Moorish architecture in Spain.

Of course we ate lunch there and also had ice cream. And then we stopped at the BP station on the way home because we were out of bread and they bake it fresh there. Yes, really. Also noteworthy is that pedestrians have plenty of time to cross the street here. The flashing crosswalk signs that alert pedestrians that it's their time to cross the street go for a full 90 seconds. How great is that?!

The three families who joined us this week are leaving with their laptops in the morning. I may very well be done blogging from Spain!