Granada, February 2007
 First stop, the Alhambra, Moorish palace built in the 1200s-1300s |
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 every available surface carved |
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 oranges everywhere |
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 view from Alhambra, west towards old town |
 a better view |
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 view east, towards the Sierra Nevada mountains |
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 wood paneled ceiling, with stars and galaxies (?) |
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 Court of the Lions (lions removed for cleaning...) |
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 dome detail, looks like stalactites |
 wood panels, with Latin, after the Christians invaded in 1492 |
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 more oranges |
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Down to Granada town:
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 churros with chocolate in the afternoon |
 simple peasant woman making churros (movie) |
 Arabic streets and shops |
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 up the hill for lunch |
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 hippie central, plaza with great view of Alhambra |
 dreadlocks aplenty |
 Views of Alhambra |
 with snow |
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 back down to Catedral |
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 guitar, movie |
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 spices |
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 supermarket hams |
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 dinner and drinks with the crowd |
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 followed by botellon in a town square |
Dan's favorite Italian clothing brand. Why?
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 drive back to Malaga |
 olive groves in the fog |
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 flight back to Exeter, passing right over that wrecked cargo ship off the coast |
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