We keep visiting these historic landmarks and we are beginning to see a pattern in their histories. Each place’s story has some combination of the following occurrences: If it was not built by Romans, it was most likely conquered by Romans, the Christans/Catholics take over and add their own flare to it (usually this cheapens the original), throw in some mass murder, maybe the area is abandoned for a century or two, Napoleon probably conquered it, more murder, eventually things get unearthed/restored, and when it’s all said and done you can avoid long lines if you buy your tickets online for a few Euro extra. Obviously that is a gross over simplification of what are very significant and rich histories, but I don’t think the point of this blog is to tell you what you could read in a guide book. I hope that we give you a taste of what we have experienced in order to inspire you to visit these places yourselves.
Views from the Fort:
Notable favourites:
We are staying in the heart of Granada in an apartment where we are close to everything. One of the highlights of this city is all the amazing graffiti that is on display. Today we did a walking tour of the most impressive works of street art.
Tomorrow we are heading to Madrid. It will be my last stop before heading back home to Canada. DawnO still has a couple of weeks to spend in the UK before she comes back home.
