During the 6 weeks spanning the end of September to the end of the first week of November, I was out of Sabah and into a whole lot of different worlds.
It was amazing being in autumn - and it was a particularly colourful season this year in the UK, apparently. Oh, I just love the colours and seeing a glowing red tree or a sparkling yellow tree just appear among all the green. What a wonderful season it is!
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| Casa Mila Barcelona or La Pedrera and Parc Guell |
And then Griffin and I went to some places in Spain for the first time. They all lived up to and beyond our expectations. Barcelona: what a stylish, vibrant city. And the gorgeous Gaudi places - fantastic!
Granada holds the beautiful Alhambra. It is simply marvellous and made reading the Tales of Alhambra (1831) by Washington Irving a real treat because he lived in the fort itself and wrote about the people who inhabited it, the way they lived and the stories they told.
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| The Alhambra |
From Granada, we took a day-trip to Cordoba to see the Mezquita Mosque or Mosque-Cathedral there. It started life as a church in 600CE and then became a mosque which was completed in 987CE with its 856 pillars! 2 centuries later, it again became a church with the central nave being added in the 16th century. The incredible symmetry of the pillars was destroyed and the oddest congruence of religions and styles was put in place.
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| Mezquita Mosque or Mosque-Cathedral, Cordoba |
Our trip didn't end there - but more later! If you have any comments or questions, please get in touch with me at: jude@astsabah.com. I'd love to hear from you!
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