Seville and Granada

We left marrakech on saturday and flew to seville.  i was thrilled with this city.  it's so pretty.  orange trees are everywhere!  they have them lining the streets...it's just gorgeous.   we stayed in a very old hotel, king alphonso xiii,  it's right in the city center...
the first night we walked around...it was sort of fun, but we came back to spain still celebrating christmas!  they celebrate until januray 6th which is three kings day!  so, the lights were still up and the party was still on...we walked over to the plaza de espana....it is a gorgeous plaza with such beautiful tile work and the building is fantastic...we took a horse drawn carriage ride...then got off in the center of town...walked around some more...saw the magnificent cathedral...it was fun...

the next day we took the city tour which showed us a lot of seville...it was a beautiful day...

we then got on the train and headed for granada....it's about a 3 hour ride....nothing much to talk about....we got to our hotel about 7 that night...it was an old mansion that was turned into a hotel...we had fun, cool rooms...they were modern inside...my room had the bathroom downstairs....fun with my 'bum' knee...haha...

the next day we took a tour of the alhambra....it was really different than i expected...it was beautiful...i didn't realize it was on a mountain, basically...overlooking the city....it had some beautiful rooms and gorgeous gardens....

 

that night we went to the 3 kings day parade!  that was crazy!  for one thing...they told us it started between 5:30 and 6...it actually started about 6:30...it had tons of floats ....and from every float, they threw candy....and they chucked it!  i got hit on my head a lot!  it was funny to watch...they had everything from 3 kings, to belly dancers, to fred and barney from the flintstones!  they had fireworks...and it was packed!!!  it was fun to see....we then went to dinner at a spanish style restaurant...it was fun to eat at...and the party atmosphere was going on!

the next morning we took the train back to madrid!! our adventure was over.....what a fun time!