Here are some more pictures from Spain for you. Below is a beautiful reflecting pool from a room in the Alcazar. The Alcazar is a stunning structure. We are doing mostly indoor things because we have had torrential rain here this week. Both the Babe and I are very sick now. Thank you all for your comments. I will respond to you all when I get back...I think we are 'borrowing' our internet from someone somewhere near our hotel...it is very slow and cumbersome. It takes for ever to download these pictures.
I have not found a yarn store - obviously no one in Spain knits. Even if I did find a yarn store, chances are I would not be allowed to touch the yarn. I needed to buy shoes because both of my pairs are saturated with water - what an experience - I had to choose the shoes from behind the window display, I then had to ask for the shoes, and they then bring you ONE shoe to try on - not certain why only one - maybe they are worried you will run out of the store with the shoes on if you try both. The service is very abrupt - I was scared to ask to see more than one kind of shoe because the service girl rolled her eyes when I just requested another size and then kept tapping her foot while I was trying it on. I tried buttering up to her with smiles - but, no give - she wanted to be rude. This was pretty typical of most of our shopping experience here.
We just laugh about it because honestly you would get depressed otherwise. Thank goodness I can read in Spanish perfectly (I speak French - very similar) so I can at least consult my dictionary for words if I am stuck. We have seem some beautiful sites, and tonight we are off to the flamenco. We have also been drinking like fish - hoping that enough red wine will cure our flue and cold. We will try to DRIVE to Grenada tomorrow - that should be an adventure...the driving is crazy here.
6 comments:
ooo, red wine and flamenco! i used take flamenco lessons and i miss it. so beautiful!
hope the dry spell starts soon...
hey raina, good luck on your drive! hope the rest of the trip is awesome!
I'm sure that red wine is best for killing off bugs :o)
Hope you survived the drive - I'm a real chicken about driving in continental Europe - and love Grenada.
Aww your poor babe. Being on holiday and feeling rotten is no fun.. more wine, definitely! As for the rude shop assistants, her karma.
Sorry to hear about all the rain, that's too bad.
You are going to love the Alhambra in Grenada. Just watch out for the old cranky German tourists ;-).
I checked in on the kitty cat, and she's doing just fine. Cody is taking good care of her, I met him when I was there.
Get better and have fun.
Your sis
This shopping you talk about reminds me of shopping in the Czech Republic. You might have experienced it by yourself. It is strange, I thought that there are annoyed shop-assistants only here and Austria and that it was because of the landscape, as someone explained to me. HA!
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