Nov. 19:
Today we woke up early to go on a three hour tour of the Alhambra. I had a hard time waking up but after a little while I was up and at it. The Alhambra is a huge collection of palaces and gardens that was started by the Moors over 1000 years ago. The Christian King and Queen, Ferdinand and Isabella captured the Alhambra in 1492 to end Moorish rule in Spain. That same year they sent Christopher Columbus off to find the new world. In the 1500s Charles V made the biggest palace here. That was our first stop, nice and big but not my cup of tea. Then we went to the summer palace of the Sultin and thru the rest of the gardens. We meet a lot of cats at lunch and mum was feeding six of them all at once. I made a friend it was the cutest tiny kitten. In the afternoon we went to the view point our tour guide recommended to look back at the Alhambra, and not to far from that was the cathedral. The cathedral was very big and very white and gold. Next to the cathedral is a chapel where we saw the tomes of Ferdinand and Isabella. Now we are home blogging to bed. 

Charles V palace at Alhambra

Alhambra Convent

Alhambra from the Generalife

Alhambra from the Mirador de St. Nicolas

Tomb of Ferdinand and Isabella