::alhambra::

 it has been long in your travel bucket list. since you're visiting andalusia area, you decided to cross alhambra off.  it's a distance away from where you lodged, so all you need is to wake up a little earlier than using for the 2 hours car ride to granada.

 as expected, it's a huge monuments and major tourist attraction. you're got a group ticket and entrance with a guided english tour guide.  nearly everything is moorish!

 colorful tiles, interesting architectures and details

 you loved every details you see here, the tiles and the patterns, the imprint on the wall, sometime with both christian, islam and jewish influence

the ceiling or the cupola is quite awesome, almost fantasizing and captured your attention for a very long time. the guide was very thorough, explaining the history in details, so much that it's too much for my absorption.

the jewish influence fountain

 you visited the main sites, main monuments and also the garden.  although this time of the year the garden is still quite barren with nothing interesting blossom, but the idea on how the garden is constructed already worth the visit, let alone the outlook of alhambra

moorish has a very good use of water, so often water is the key element for garden or courtyard design.  the water normally flow from four sides which symbolizes water, milk, honey and wine.

it's a lot of walking let alone the temperature is at the lower side.  it's tiring but definitely worth the visit. there are many tales in every palace, courtyard and garden. that's something you need to find time to absorb, and unfortunately time is scarce this month.

久違了阿蘭布拉宮。今天終於參觀了壯觀的它！就算經歷了兩個小時的車程、上山坡、沿路下雨、降溫、最終在10點前抵達。

阿蘭布拉宮很大、若不跟團可能無法體會到當時的輝煌歷史古蹟。我喜歡宮裡的一切、當導遊解說是我的腦海不斷想像當時的情景。猶太、伊斯蘭教、基督教和睦相處在格拉納大山區城市。

在宮裡、伊斯蘭教的建築風格很明顯、擅長利用水來規劃庭院、閣樓和噴泉。 來自四方的水代表水、牛奶、蜜糖及酒。

今天雖然很累、氣溫很低但我的腦海、思維卻不斷蓬勃、太多資訊要好好消化。雖然入門團票很貴但仍然覺得物有所值、很感恩有機會到此一遊。