GRANADA

so two weekends ago (Feb 12-15) we went to Granada for the weekend. we left after class on thursday and caught a bus from madrid down to granads, which was about a 5 hour trip. the ride down there was absolutely gorgeous as we went through mountains and the countryside of spain. we got to our hostel which was literally right across the street from the Alhambra and the next morning we went to the Alhambra at about 9. The alhambra used to be the palace for the arabic kings, as granada was the last city in spain to fall to christian rule it has a lot of arabic influence. we spent probably 4 or 5 hours there and it was worth every second. for starters this place is huge, and it was also up to be one of the new seven wonders of the world, i dont actually know if it is or not but it should be. all the walls and ceilings and floors were tiled or carved super intricately and everything was so elaborate. there were tons of mirrored pools that were amazing, plus we had a great weekend weather-wise. after teh alhambra we went back to the hostel and ate and then took our siesta on the roof of our hostel's terrace. day 2 we slept in a little bit and then ventured down to explore the town which is super pretty. the sierra nevadas are off in the distance and the alhambra as well you can see from almost any point in granada. we stumbled upon this little park behind our hostel that opened up to this huge green hillside with the sierra nevadas in the background and people sitting playing the guitar and little yellow flowers everywhere - it was very picturesque von trap family style. it was a very chill weekend all in all which is one of the things i loved about it.