While you were bored, I went to the Alhambra

My visit to the Alhambra started with a 25 minute walk to a fountain in the center of Granada.  From there we walked up the steepest hill I've seen in a long time.  It was like walking up stairs and I was reminded of a stair stepper.  By the time we reached the main entrance for the fortress/city we were all sweating and ready to sit down and rest a while.  But that was only the beginning.

We had a private tour from the art history teacher from the school I will be attending here.  She really knew her stuff.  She explained all about the banos (not toilets but baths where they took actual baths in the olden days), the Muslim and Catholic differences from when each religion ruled the city, the symbols and paintings and everything else.  For 700 years the Muslims ruled most of Spain until the reconquest when the Catholics took it back (which is why the churches have mosque aspects to them).  Interestingly enough, Granada was reconquered in 1492 - the same year that Queen Isabella gave Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) a ship to find India in Granada.