Granata

          

         

                                                                       Granada is a beautiful city placed at the base of a mountain and  climbing up it.   I love all the grand buildings, fountains, churches and sculptures. There are little alleyways with shops selling things like we saw  in Morocco.  in fact, my fellow tourists suggested they need not have gone to Morocco!

We climbed up the mountain at sunset to see the city view and the next night went up again to see the gypsies, who live in the caves, do a Flamenco show.

The sketch above is of a corner of the cathedral in Granata with a beautiful pinky orange building to the right of it when facing the cathedral.  I ate a paella  in the middle of this sketch.  The waiter said it would take 35 min to make which gave me nearly enough time to sketch in the basics, finishing afterwards.

            This is at the  Alhambra in Granata which is an Unesco World Heritage site.  This is a number of palaces which were built between 1237 and 1558 with beautiful gardens too.  This view was from a tower looking towards another tower and the mountains behind.  There are even more beauful vistas but I had a very short time to sketch and didn't have the time to run back.  

The Alhambra is the jewel in the crown of the beautiful city of Granata.  Next stop....Madrid.