Tidbits and pictures!

I had originally planned to run downstairs for a few minutes to check my email, but I timed it to when the cleaning lady decided to "mop" the floors by soaking them with loads of soapy water. I think she's going to come back to wipe them up, but right now, I'm suddenly stranded in an accidental bath.

So I'll tell you a little about the Alhambra, which was stunningly beautiful, and Marrakesh, which is even more awesome.

The Alhambra was built a looooong time ago with people with the same evenness issues I have!

It's all so intricate, so awesome, and so beautifully even. The Alhambra inspired M.C. Esher to begin his drawings, which, after walking around, isn't that hard to imagine. It's also the place were Isabella sent Columbus on a crazy journey (with hints that Ferdinand might have wanted him gone because Columbus and Isabella were fooling around).

The Alhambra is beautiful.

And Charles V decided that he wanted a "normal" house, so he built a palace along side it. It just looks silly and severe next to the spacious Alhambra.

Morocco is amazing.

I haven't taken photos here yet, mostly because I'm not sure what I'm "allowed" to take photos of and what I'd have to pay to take photos of... I want pictures of the monkeys in the market, but I know I have to pay for that. And I wanted a picture of the man playing the banjo with a chicken on his head, but again, probably would have to pay.

Ah well, I'll just keep walking around and getting "unofficial tours" that I don't particularly want and then having people expect money from me. The easy bit is that they tend to walk ahead of you (at least the two guys who tried it with me), so you just duck down an alley when they aren't looking.