I finally made it to Spain!!!!!

I finally made it to Spain!!!!!
This is the trip I will never forget for the rest of my life!

Spain's Valleyside

Spain's Valleyside
Beautiful

Flag of Spain

Flag of Spain

Culture, Event and the History of Spain

My trip to Spain 2010 is going to be a trip that I will never forget.



On the 11th of March I will finally be leaving the country for the first time in my life. There are so many things that I am looking foward to experiencing for the first time. For one, the culture of Spain is the first thing that I am interesting in learning. All the history that the cities of Spain hold I will be experiencing first hand. There are many of famous buildings with the most amazing architechure. All of the gothic churchs still to this day amaze me, even after hundreds of years these unbelieveable churchs still stand and are more decorated than any building to this day.

The food is another major thing that I look foward to. In the United States fast food pretty much runs the country sad to say. In Spain that is not the case, there is barely anything that is fast food. All the food is healthy cooked food that I have not yet had.

After doing research on my trip to Spain I never realized the beauty that one country can hold. There are a few specific spots that I would love to witness for myself. A few of those are in Barcelona which are Pare Guell. Pare Guell is a beautiful garden designed by Antoni Gaudi. Casa Mila and Montjuic are two other stops that would be an honor to vist. In Granada we are going to be learning to do the Flamenco Dance. I was not looking foward to this only because I am a horrible dancer but watching a few videos and seeing how complex and how special of a dance this is makes me alot more eager to watch and participate in this dance. Also we will be witnessing a bull fight and watching the trainers train with the bulls. I am pretty excited to see this first hand rather than in videos and on the television. My trip to Spain is going to be so amazing and then to come back with all of my experiences and stories and videos of this fantasic country.

Thinks I can't wait to do or see.

  • Learn about the history of Spain
  • Try wines and spirits from Spain
  • Go to art galleries in Spain
  • See all the beautiful sites Spain has to offer
  • Try food from Spain

Pare Guell

Pare Guell
A very famous municipal garden that was designed by Catalan artist Antoni Gaudi

Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia
The is a magical building with the most magnificent architecture that I have ever seen in my life. This is one of Gaudi's unfinished projects which is intended to be completed in the year 2026. Another name for this building is the Temple Explatori de la Sagrada Familia. The Sagrada Familia is a neo-gothic church that has evolved into a unique example of Art Nouveau architecture. It is fulled with religious symbols and many of amazing other legends.

La Rambla

La Rambla
La Rambla is the most famous street in Barcelona. This street consists of nothing but flower stalls, kiosks, street artists and animal stalls. Just from this picture I have never in my life seen a popular city street so beautiful. It is so full of life and a variety of amazing colors with buildings that have the architecture of a gothic church. This is one of the places that I can not wait to see. Garcia Lorca said "This is the one street that I wish could never end".

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens
If you want to get away I think this would be to the place to go to relax and forget about there problems. This is a place of nothing be relaxation and peace, every which way you turn nothing but beautiful nature, flowers and trees. The Botanical Gardens date all the way back to the 1700's. The Botanical Garden has the most fresh air and flower scents.

Granada- Alhambra Palace or known as the "Red Fortress"

Granada- Alhambra Palace or known as the "Red Fortress"
Alhambra Palace is known as the Red Fortress. The fortress is a complex of the Hoorish monarchs occupying a hilly terrace. This is one of the most popular destinations in Granada. It also displays the Islamic achitecture and the Christian intervention of the 16th Century in building and gardens.

Madrid- Palacio de Cristal

Madrid- Palacio de Cristal
Palacio de Cristal or more formally known as "Park of pleasent retreat". This building could possibly be one of the most interesting and if not romantic places that I have ever seen. There really are no walls to this building only walls made of see through glass. Watching the sunset through this building would be beyond imaginable. The architecture to this building is so fantastic that this is a place that I must see before coming back to the United States.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Day 4


In the morning of day 4 we got woke up by our tour guide Nancy saying that were almost in Granada. We opened our shade in the train room and we just looked outside and it just looked like we were in the middle of the desert. We all just looked at each other thinking oh my god where did we take the wrong turn. It was incredible just looked at how much different Granada was from Barcelona. Granada has just amazing scenery, just tons of wide open fields. There are tons and tons of olive trees that are just spread all over the country side. One hour later we finally stopped and got off the train and boarded the bus to take us to our to our hotel room in Granada. As we traveled through the streets of Granada I noticed that a few hours traveling from Barcelona down to Granada how much different everything was. I know Barcelona is a city but the difference was insane. Granada's streets are so amazingly tight but everyone is much more calm. People are very friendly and are very relaxed. The graffie there also is much different because they actually have beautiful pictures strayed across the buildings but it really does make them look awesome.






We finally arrived at our hotel which was right on a hillside over looking Granada. It had a fantastic view overlooking the mountain the the city below. When we got to the hotel the rooms were not ready yet so we had two rooms which we put all of our bags in and then we had an hour to go upstairs and get some breakfast which was in a really nice looking room which had a great view out the window. Once we finished our breakfast it was back on our tour bus to take us into the city. We parked the bus and we started walking through this city. Everything was so much different from what I was used to. The streets were so tight and had so many blind sided turns. Once we made it into the center of the town we got to go exploring down there crowded and tight city streets. All the shops were down there tiny alleyways with shops on both sides. Unlike anything again I have ever experienced. Later on the day we took a trip up to this place called the Red Fortress. I did some research on this place before we went there but when I finally got a chance to see what it was really like. The image that I had in my head to what I acutally got to see was one million times different. We walked around this fortress for over an hour just looking at all the structures and monuments that are located in this area. There was alot of certain spots that just overlooked the entire hillside with nothing but small homes that were wrapped around this hillside. Each spot we walked through had its own beauty to it. Later on that night we left the Red Fortress and we walked through the small streets of Granada and got ready for our Flaminca dance which I really was not overly excited to do. I am not a real giant fan of dancing and especially not trying to do a new dance infront of other people. After our interesting dance lessons it was about time to have some dinner. Our dinner was at this place that looked like a small house that was built into the mountain side. It was very interesting once we walked into it and how much different this was from any other resturaurnt we had eaten at so far. After dinner we got back on the bus and went back to get a good night rest which we all needed after all of the traveling we did in Day 4!










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