Costa Del Sol & Mijas

Before heading towards Morocco, we stayed a night at this Mediterranean Resort in Costa Del Sol (city of Terremolinos) - Melia Hotel overlooking the Mediterranean, which was just awesome!!! Too bad at 16 degrees it was almost impossible for any beach activities, let alone sunbathe!

This town is famous for their sardines grilled over charcoal and lightly salted. Delicious. A plate of 7 sardines cost about Euro 7.

With such chilly weather, no beach activities were possible. So we opted for a tour to the village of Mijas (located at the mountain side) for some sightseeing and shopping. A village famous for its donkey -taxis.

A mini bull ring in Mijas.

There is something really wrong with uploader in FB or could be the snail paced internet over in Morocco. Will try to upload the complete set of pics when I get better connection!

Till then XoXo

Granada & the Alhambra Palace

Arriving at Granada, we were treated to some gypsy dance which was not that impressive but nevertheless something different.

This yummilicious guy made the whole show so much better!! HA HA HA

Thank god for great weather in Granada, we had a very enjoyable walking tour in the Alhambra palace.

And....a walk through the gardens just outside the Alhambra palace! Look at the view of the Nevada mountains!!!!!!!

Toledo

Before I begin my next post, just wanted to post a pic of this shop with some really funny name I saw in Amsterdam. I mean come on who'd enter a shop selling clothes for sissies!


Too lazy to blog..so just gonna show u all some pics of Toledo...we basically travelled a couple of hours from Madrid to this UNESCO world heritage and spent a couple of hours walking the streets of Toledo. Simply amazing I tell u, the sights! With the crappy slow internet....i hope i dont have trouble uploading the rest of the pics into FB later..

XoXo more pics of Alhambra to come after my Moroccan dinner!

Famished! p/s: morocco hasnt been as impressive so far

Madrid

I'm gonna make this post really quick and brief as I have approximately 1/2 hr before the battery on my laptop totally dies off. Imagine this..all the cables are loaned out and even the shop selling them is out of stock! BTW, I'm currently in this town called Costa Del Sol. Very beautiful place and our hotel is overlooking the Mediterranean sea. More pics once I cross into Morocco tomorrow and get my internet access.

Some palace in Spain..

Plaza Mayor..apparently the meeting point for most spaniards..

Where the March 11, 2004 Madrid bombing took place...

At El escorial...

Just check out the snow capped mountains at the back. Simply stunning!

El Escorial - the royal monasteries, I've never seen so many royal coffins in one place before! We had an excellent guide who took us through a very informative 2 1/2 hr walk across the monastery!

Pity that picture taking was forbidden everywhere inside...

At the point where picture taking was still allowed!

Outside the Opera house. Waiting for our 7.30 pm dinner at a nearby cosy and quaint little restuarant. For 51 Euros, they serve you bubbly, free flow of wines, starters, main and the dessert. Oh they even had some 'opera-ish' singer entertaining us.

Err...yeah my duck liver pate...YUMMMM...

All right, battery's almost dead. Adios folks......till my next post on the stunning and magnificient Toledo!!