July 31, 2007
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The Alhambra-El Generalife
The Alhambra is a unesco world heritage sight that is competing for the title of of one of the seven wonders of the world. Did you know there are multiple sets of seven wonders? The ancient world, the new world, the modern world etc. I was always under the impression that there were 7 and that was it. If we keep changing them, why not just say everything is marvelous? Anyway.
The Alhambra is a Mighty Moorish Muslim Monarch palace/stronghold, named for the color of its red clay walls (Al Hamra=the red in arabic), and is a large structure so it might take more than one post to get through. Lets begin in the generalife. In arabic it means the architects garden (jannat al arif), and is one of the oldest surviving moorish gardens (thanks, wikipedia!)
Yes yes, i am a giant sucker for nature, especially gardens and pics of flowers. I am a sissy, i know, but i am a sissy who has learned about the macro feature on his camera (thanks, Andysensei!)
I know i know, there are not a lot of words in this post, particularly for the ordinarily verbiose me, but try and just look at the pics and get a sense of the peace and tranquility the gardens brought me. Or, speed through them like our tour guide decided too. Man, she lost me so fast i didnt even know i was on a tour.
Alright, I will leave you to muse on the gardens for a day or so, while I upload pics of the Albayzin, the main buildings of the alhambra for the next post
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you are a man after my own heart taking flower pictures. That place looks amazing. It should be on the list.
ryc: we were just visiting SD for the weekend. I actually live in Phoenix, AZ so SD is a nice little escape from the hot weather we’re having!
Beautiful photos…I love the flower shots! That place seems so peaceful too.
great pics.
greek night was fabulous. thank you! wish you were there. i’ll do a post about it soon when i’m feeling optimistic.
<3!
Yep, I sure do. It’s really damn easy: Polinesia. It’s because I’m a Polynesian dancer and because I started a dance group at the academy. I no longer dance but everyone knows me as Polinesia.
I’m so jealous! I wish I were traveling. I never felt so much better when I was out of this country and immersing myself in other cultures. (Sigh). Oh well.