Today is Luke's birthday, and all day he felt he should get as much orange Fanta (which tastes a lot better than the American version) and ice cream as he wanted whenever he wanted. We all had to get up early (7:00 AM!). Our tickets for the Alhambra were for 8:30 AM and we wanted to eat before we started. Caught a cab up the hill and entered the complex. It is huge! We started in the Nasrid Palace, which was the palace of the Sultan and later of Queen Isabel...

After the craziness of yesterday it was nice to have a somewhat relaxing day. Had our churros and chocolate for breakfast and then made our way to Algiceras (the town across the bay from the Rock of Gibralter) by bus and to Granada by train. It was a nice and comfortable 4 hour ride. Arrived in Granada, got situated and then walked around. We went to the burial chapel of Ferdinand and Isabella (the monarchs who kicked the Moors out of Spain and sent Columbu...