Day 6 - Granada to Sevilla

 Another spectacular day here in Spain! We started the day by touring the Alhambra. It is a palace/fortress/city built by the Moors, starting about 1,000 years ago and was added onto by Charles V about 500 years ago. This is the building where Christopher Columbus met with Queen Isabel to ask for money and ships to make his voyage. It’s an incredible building!

From there, we walked down the Alhambra hill and spent some time in the city of Granada. We went to the Royal Chapel where Queen Isabel & King Ferdinand (the monarchs who defeated the Moors and funded Columbus’ voyage in 1492 at Granada) and their daughter and her husband, Juana (La Loca) and Felipe are buried. It is so incredible to see the caskets of these people who changed the history of the world. 

When we left the chapel, we got some ice cream (our favorite thing to do on hot days!) and got to see the Corpus Cristi procession. It was a really beautiful experience.

We got lunch at a great little restaurant in Plaza Nueva. The kids are getting better at ordering their own food!

While having lunch we found out that our trip to Gibraltar was going to happen (it was in question for a little bit). This just added to the great day we were having.

We left Granada and drove to Sevilla and got checked into our rooms. We had dinner and then came back to the city center for a boat cruise on the river. 

Overall, it was one of the best days we’ve had so far. Tomorrow we tour the cathedral of Sevilla and see some other sites in the city. Then we make our way to the Sun Coast (costa del sol). 

It’s still super hot here but we heard that it’s cooling down at home! 😊










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