So, I'm in the middle of another round of tests. I had a history presentation on Tuesday, tests in Grammar and History today, and have tests in Art and Short Story tomorrow. The good news is that after I finish those tests, I'm done until after Easter. During my week of vacation I will be heading to Dublin, London, back to Dublin and then to Paris. It's going to be crazy and absolutely incredible. I expect that I will end up taking way too many pictures, but, hey, I'd rather have too many than not enough. I love living in the age of digital photography. It makes my life so much more fun.
Anyway, a couple of weekends ago, my friends and I headed to Granada to see La Alhambra, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain. It was here, after kicking out the Muslims, that Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand commissioned the first voyage of Christopher Columbus. Now, those who know me well know that I'm not a huge fan of Columbus (I mean, really, he got lost, renamed an entire people group, and died trying to convince people that he'd gone to the Indies when it'd already been proven that he hadn't). I have to admit though, it was kind of cool to be in a place where that kind of history was made. La Alhambra is also where the Catholic Royalty signed the edict for the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Nevertheless, it's absolutely gorgeous, and, as can be expected of me in gorgeous places, I took a bunch of pictures (as in over 100). Putting them all up would take forever and result in an overly long post, so, instead I'm putting up some of my favorites. No worries, there are still quite a few of those y
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