DAD.. it's almost your birthday

I couldn't think of a better title... so everyone, it is my Dad's birthday on Saturday, November 20th... send him some birthday wishes :)

It always surprises me how long it has been since my last post, but I guess that's a good thing! Time flying by = I'm enjoying myself. The past week and a half has been a lot of fun.. with a lovely 5 day break from classes - last thursday until monday. Thursday morning at 6:00AM, of course, we got on our bus to head to Andalucía (southern spain). Our first stop was in Córdoba. We walked around the town, ate our wonderful bagged lunches and then toured "la mezquita de Córdoba" (mosque) .. Although it has been converted into a Cathedral .. AKA in 1236, when the Christians took back over they built a Cathedral right smack dab in the middle. Interesting concept.

Here are some pictures from the Mosque/Cathedral...

 After more walking around the city we got back on the bus and headed towards Sevilla. We got to our hotel around 4:00PM and then Ricardo walked us around the city.. He even bought us all ice cream!

YUM.

The rest of the night we had free.. the next morning we meet up and headed as a group to the cathedral for a tour. After that... an Italian lunch. and probably the most food I've ever attempted to eat. Next was a bus tour, then a couple hours of free time.. then we went to see a Flamenco show! And then some of us capped the night off with some Burger King (there wasn't a McDonalds in sight).

Some pictures of Sevilla...

Saturday we left out hotel in Sevilla to head to Granada. And like always... we went on a walk around the city. It is a very very beautiful with some incredible sights.

palm trees.. castles.. mountains.. and snow

The next day we spent a couple hours at Alhambra.......

I'm going to leave you all hanging.

Come back later to hear/see all about Alhambra!!

besos.

amanda.