Madrid...
Unfortunatly, Madrid was not too exciting. The best part of Madrid was Plaza Mayor.
Other than that, it was rainy and I felt like I was in New York (except worse). We ate chinese food there... that was good. And we also got to see the superbowl. To our suprise, the Giants won! Who would have thought. We all would have loved to see the Picasso exhibit at the Reina Sofia Museum, but it was closed. Pretty much we were ready to leave Madrid by day 1.Cordoba...
We took the train to this quaint little Islamic city early in the morning. We spent the day at the Great Mo
sque and got to see the horse-shoe columns that we learned about in History 1 class. After that, me, Hawra, and Stacey walked around and did some shopping. Then we got dinner and mucho Sangria so that we didn't feel so self concious in our bathing suits for the Arab baths later that night. Pretty much, it should be illegal to put on a bathing suit in February. But the bath was AMAZING! We even got massages. Are you seeing why this was the most fabulous field trip ever now?!Granada...
After a great night sleep after our Arab bath and massages, we woke up refreshed and took a 2 hour bus ride to Granda. We
spent the first day in Granda eating lunch in the Islamic neighborhoods. Then we decided to drink mucho cervezas and sketch perspectives. It was very warm there so we took our jackets off and tanned as well. Then we went and got tea at the Teteria. I got violeta... it was great. We sketched there too. We re-grouped as a class and hiked up to one of the higher parts of Granada which has a look-out to the Alhambra. We sat on the wall and sketched the Alhambra as the sun went down. I point a nice painting of the Alhambra which is currently hanging over my bed in Barcelona. When we got back to the hotel, we got ready and went out for drinks and tapas. Then we realized that there was no where to go out to because it was a Tuesday night and apparently everything was closed. We spent all of the next day touring the Alhambra and the Fortress. It was so beautiful and breath-taking I can't even describe it. We sketched and took some amazing pictures. Later that night we had dinner and drinks and then went out to watch a Flamenco dancing show. It was so much fun! A great way to end our last night in Granda.
Seville...
We woke up bright and early and took a three hour bus ride to Seville. It was personally my favorite city that we went to. Most of the buildings were yellow and white and there were orange trees everywhere. We spent the first day eating delicious food and watching th
e sunset over the two Calatrava bridges. Then we went out to dinner and to a few bars for the evening. The next day we took a tour of the Real Alcazar de Seville. We sketched there for a few hours and then we took a tour of the Cathedral of Seville where Christopher Columbus' tome was. We climbed the bell tower and saw amazing views of the city. The weather was great so we went up on the roof of our hotel and tanned and sketched. Then we went and got vino and dinner and sat up on the roof top terrace all night and celebrated our last night of our field trip. A great way to end the trip!
After a great night sleep after our Arab bath and massages, we woke up refreshed and took a 2 hour bus ride to Granda. We
spent the first day in Granda eating lunch in the Islamic neighborhoods. Then we decided to drink mucho cervezas and sketch perspectives. It was very warm there so we took our jackets off and tanned as well. Then we went and got tea at the Teteria. I got violeta... it was great. We sketched there too. We re-grouped as a class and hiked up to one of the higher parts of Granada which has a look-out to the Alhambra. We sat on the wall and sketched the Alhambra as the sun went down. I point a nice painting of the Alhambra which is currently hanging over my bed in Barcelona. When we got back to the hotel, we got ready and went out for drinks and tapas. Then we realized that there was no where to go out to because it was a Tuesday night and apparently everything was closed. We spent all of the next day touring the Alhambra and the Fortress. It was so beautiful and breath-taking I can't even describe it. We sketched and took some amazing pictures. Later that night we had dinner and drinks and then went out to watch a Flamenco dancing show. It was so much fun! A great way to end our last night in Granda.Seville...
We woke up bright and early and took a three hour bus ride to Seville. It was personally my favorite city that we went to. Most of the buildings were yellow and white and there were orange trees everywhere. We spent the first day eating delicious food and watching th
e sunset over the two Calatrava bridges. Then we went out to dinner and to a few bars for the evening. The next day we took a tour of the Real Alcazar de Seville. We sketched there for a few hours and then we took a tour of the Cathedral of Seville where Christopher Columbus' tome was. We climbed the bell tower and saw amazing views of the city. The weather was great so we went up on the roof of our hotel and tanned and sketched. Then we went and got vino and dinner and sat up on the roof top terrace all night and celebrated our last night of our field trip. A great way to end the trip!Sketches From Southern Spain....
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