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I'm typing this whilst following the Arsenal Coventry game via a live podcast and keeping in touch with number one son Dominic in England. Clever eh?

So today we visited the Alhambra in Granada and pretty impressive it was too. (Arsenal 2, Coventry 0) Construction began in 1238 by Muhammed 1 al-Ahmar, founder of the Nasrid dynasty and continued until the end of the fourteenth century.

 

Half-time: Arsenal 2-0 Coventry

As expected, a half of utter domination for the Premier League leaders who started slowly but soon found their rhythm and having squeezed Coventry into their own half, took the lead on 15 minutes through Lukas Podolski's left-footed shot. The German made it 2-0 on 27 minutes with a header from a Serge Gnabry corner. Coventry's only effort on goal was a decent long-range shot from captain Carl Baker. That aside, the men in yellow and blue have been chasing shadows in the rain.

In 1492 the palace was surrendered to the Catholic monarchs Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand ll of Aragon who carried out extensive repairs and alterations (yes, I'm reading from a guide) Anyway, if you want to know more, and you really should then go to http://www.alhambra-patronato.es.

I took some pics which don't do it justice at all, the details on the carvings and the scale of the buildings are breathtaking, but here are a few anyway:

And here's a view from inside the palace, obviously it wasn't quite so built up eight centuries ago-

We were there for about four hours and our feet were pretty sore afterwards but there were parts of the palace we didn't see, you really need to go there at least twice as the whole site is enormous and you can't really do it justice in one visit. Tomorrow we are going back to Granada, there is so much more to see and many more places to visit. It's a wonderful city. The bus today dropped down winding roads from the hills above and as we turned each corner more and more of the city was laid out before us. The bus fare was fantastic value considering the views we had. As we left and the bus climbed out of the city the surrounding hills to the east were bathed in pink as the sun set over the snow capped mountains. (Still 2-0 at the Emirates). Before we visit Granada tomorrow afternoon we have a planning meeting over coffee with Paul and Chris to finalise a few details (well, all details really) prior to our departure to Morocco early next week. (Arsenal 3 Coventry 0). Make that 4-0.

Sunday will be our rest day. "Rest Day?" I hear you chorus. Hey, it's hard work seeing the best Spain has to offer to us while living in a tin box on wheels! Well, it's not really hard work but we're having a rest day anyway.

Full time at the Emirates and it's 4-0.

Goodnight.

Phil has just pointed out that a "rest day" involves washing clothes and cleaning the Motorhome. Hmm, I'll probably find something "technical" to do.

 

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