La Apujarrrrrrrrrrrrrras

Oye, oye, oye!  So, this last week hasn't been super exciting, but I did do a lot of things.  Firstly, I went to see the great Catedral, or Cathedral, of Granada.  It has been on my bucket list, one that I created last week, so I thought I should knock it off since it should be something I see while I'm in Granada.  I actually got in for free, it usually costs 4€ for the museum and 4€ for the actual cathedral.  I have three friends in an Art History class and I tagged along kinda not expecting to get in for free, but I did.

Anyways, we started with a small tour of the outside and the Gothic features that this cathedral possesses, all in Spanish, so I'm glad I could keep up with all of the technical terms.  Then we went inside the museum, which is actually known for the tombs that it possess.  When Granada was conquered by the Reyes Católicos, Isabel and Fernando, in 1492, los reyes decided that they wanted to be buried there.  Thus they commenced the building of the cathedral.  To this day, they are buried there with their daughter, Juana la Loca, and her husband Felipe, of Germany.  Also, Juana's brother is there, but he isn't as well known and he died alone. ¡Que Triste!

After the museum we went into the main building.  What I really liked about this cathedral is that it isn't overdone like Notre Dame or too plain like others that I've seen.  It has elegant white walls with gold trim.  It is very open and is actually used to house the processions during Semana Santa, or Easter Week.  Another cool fact about this building is that it was actually designed by a Granadian...in Spanish it's granadino.  But yeah, it was really neat.

That blue in the back is the Mediterranean...the far back

On Saturday, we went to La Apujarras, a mountain where several small towns are housed.  We drove up to the top and actually hiked down.  We from this height we could see the Mediterranean Sea, which was cool.  We also got a glimpse to a town few people go to because they are so hard to get to.  When we drove, we swerved left and right up a narrow road.  They actually have their own culture because, as stated before, Granada was conquered in 1492 and the Muslims fled up to these hills and were safe.  So a lot of these towns resemble Morocco.  It was fun, but still not the greatest excursion, I mean, we went to Rome and are going to Cádiz.

This is a long weekend here in Granada and I don't know entirely what I'm doing, but I'm hoping to see las cuevas, the caves, of Nerja.  So look forward to next week's post.