Alhambra

Yesterday I walked up to Alhambra which is a fortress that was built by the Sultans in the early 14th century. Later in the 17th century it became christianized by the king and queen of Spain. It became a world Unesco site in 1870. I spent 5 1/2 hours there and visited the Nasrid palace at a set time as well as the art gallery which had the Spanish painter Fortuny exhibit. Another amazing painter. The architecture and frescoes were beautiful and the whole site was incredibly huge. I can't imagine how busy it must be in the summer here with line ups. This morning I headed off to Alicante by bus and we drove through the Sierra Huector national park which reminded me of the Grand Canyon with similar landscape and geology. Interesting going through places like this. Saw homes that were built into clay banks and garbage just thrown out into the wilderness. Very disappointing. Glad I decided not to go to Murcia and go to Alicante instead. There was a low ceiling and for kms before we even got there there was a thick purple haze from burning. Chasing the sun and clean air! So I arrived 45 minutes late to my hostel because my bus got drug searched by the local police and the dog targeted a guy and he was taken off the bus. Last time that I experienced that was in 2013 on the French/Italian.Read more