La Alhambra: 8th wonder of the world

The place was gorgeous and our tickets were for 5 pm on Sunday. Luckily, the manager of our hostel, Freddy, told us that was our time for the palace, not the rest, so we went to the rest of it at about 3 pm.
First, we entered the royal gardens.

I got a little camera happy with the flowers. Just take it all in.

We also decided it was a good idea to get the most out the experience as we could. When we entered the grape vineyards, there was no one around. Naturally, this meant, how much can we get away with, so we hoisted my friend up to pick a bushel. Might I add, those were some sweet ancient grapes!

 Here are more of the garden, too. Fountains are especially important because they signify purity.

There was a line for the 5:00 palace people. In the mean time, I went to town taking more pictures. It was raining at this time.

We finally made it in! The detailing was insane. Think about how long that would take. They used a lot of blues and whites and columns and arches were a must as well . The Arabic phrase you see everywhere means, "God is the only conqueror."

 Check out those pants. That's what everyone wears around here. ^^ I'm hoping a pair are nice and cheap in Morocco that I can buy.Now back to the architecture.

This is the waiting room- when people wanted to see the sultan, they waited here:

This was another garden we ended up in:

...and more architecture.

After the palace, we headed to the old village, Albyzin. We saw one of the "neighborhoods" which is more like an apartment building. This was the size of where one family would live:

This is the neighborhood ^
Here is the bathroom:

And finally, we walked up to the lookout area.

The walk up and down the mountain was really pretty too- the sultan filled the sides with water falls and extravagant fountains

Quite frankly, I am tired of loading pictures and would rather siesta at the moment. Excited for Cordoba in the morning, and then on Sunday running a 5K in Sevilla!