Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
de Granada
This has got to be one of the most beautiful cities ... I will not venture to describe it all, or put up photos as I do not have a cable for my camera, but a few words shall suffice I think.
Whitewashed houses and cobbled streets with teterias (tea houses) line the streets almost everywhere you go. The Moroccan influence is everywhere. The Catholics did their usual thing and made a vile mockery of themselves (Thou Shall Not Kill) and sieged the city for a few years until the Sultans could do no more. So the Alhambra (the huge Morish palace) now has a cross instead of the three balls that it should have on the top. But the Palace is still very beautiful, and I am heading up into it today.
So far I have spent my days wandering around the city really which is more than satisfying. Yesterday we went on a walk into the Sierra Nevada and spent the day finding wild figs, edible flowers and these little orange fruits (the name of which now escapes me), and then swimming in waterfalls and the water that runs down the mountains.
There is more to say of course, but too much. Experiences. Will write sometime soon.
This has got to be one of the most beautiful cities ... I will not venture to describe it all, or put up photos as I do not have a cable for my camera, but a few words shall suffice I think.
Whitewashed houses and cobbled streets with teterias (tea houses) line the streets almost everywhere you go. The Moroccan influence is everywhere. The Catholics did their usual thing and made a vile mockery of themselves (Thou Shall Not Kill) and sieged the city for a few years until the Sultans could do no more. So the Alhambra (the huge Morish palace) now has a cross instead of the three balls that it should have on the top. But the Palace is still very beautiful, and I am heading up into it today.
So far I have spent my days wandering around the city really which is more than satisfying. Yesterday we went on a walk into the Sierra Nevada and spent the day finding wild figs, edible flowers and these little orange fruits (the name of which now escapes me), and then swimming in waterfalls and the water that runs down the mountains.
There is more to say of course, but too much. Experiences. Will write sometime soon.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Greetings from Port Grimaud.
The weather is beautiful over here; warm and vast blue skies and a Belgian girl who is helping me with my French. Tonight Shaun and I made dinner (which, if you don't mind me saying so, was very good. Probably the best). Vin Rouge et St. Germain et el (or la...) plage. This week has been fantastic. We have not done a thing. Well, a little bit, but not much!
I am almost finished Crime and Punishment much to my distress. Raskolnikov et moi have become very close friends. He also enjoys the sunshine and the beautiful scenery and languages that he cannot really understand... Will put up some photos when I can find a cable that will fit my camera.
That is enough. Maybe I will tell you some more later. I must go and see my Belgian friend now.
Au Revoir
The weather is beautiful over here; warm and vast blue skies and a Belgian girl who is helping me with my French. Tonight Shaun and I made dinner (which, if you don't mind me saying so, was very good. Probably the best). Vin Rouge et St. Germain et el (or la...) plage. This week has been fantastic. We have not done a thing. Well, a little bit, but not much!
I am almost finished Crime and Punishment much to my distress. Raskolnikov et moi have become very close friends. He also enjoys the sunshine and the beautiful scenery and languages that he cannot really understand... Will put up some photos when I can find a cable that will fit my camera.
That is enough. Maybe I will tell you some more later. I must go and see my Belgian friend now.
Au Revoir
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