As my contribution to this week’s Travel Theme: Pathways, I’d like to show you Callejon de la Alcuza in the white village of Sayalonga in southern Spain.
With a width of only 56 cms at one end, this is officially the narrowest street in the Axarquía region.
As you might imagine, there’s not much of a traffic problem here!
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View of the Alhambra from the Mirador de San Nicolás in the Albayzin of Granada.
The Alhambra, a UNESCO World Heritage site is a palace and fortress complex located in the classical Andalucían city of Granada, Spain. It was originally constructed as a fortress in the year 889 and later converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.
La Alhambra’s Islamic palaces were built for the last Muslim emirs in Spain and its court of the Nasrid dynasty. After the Reconquest by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492, some portions were used by Christian rulers. The Palace of Charles V, built by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527, was inserted in the Alhambra within the Nasrid fortifications.
After being allowed to fall into disrepair for centuries, the Alhambra* was rediscovered in the 19th century by European scholars and travellers, when restorations commenced.
It is now one of Spain’s major tourist attractions, exhibiting the country’s most significant and well known Arab-Islamic architecture.
The Palace of Charles V – within the Alhambra, as viewed from the Mirador de San Nicolás in the Albayzin of Granada.
View of the Alhambra from the Mirador de San Nicolás in the Albayzin of Granada.
My final three shots were taken on Monday afternoon as we were having lunch in one of the wisteria-covered restaurants in Paseo de los Tristes. Perched above the Rio Darro at the end of Carrera del Darro, this plaza was once one of the busiest gathering spots in Granada, positioned along a curve of the river between the Alhambra and the Albayzin. These days, Paseo de los Tristes is a popular place to eat, with restaurants lining the north side of the square and magnificent views of the Alhambra soaring above.
View of the Alhambra from the Paseo de Los Tristes, Granada.
View of the Alhambra through the Wisteria, from the Paseo de Los Tristes, Granada.
View of La Alhambra viewed through my particularly delicious glass of Rioja, as I was having lunch – CHEERS!
* Information about the Alhambra retrieved from Wikipedia
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Sometimes they will be wearing cardigans. Often they have on their hats.
Sometimes they sit in the shade and other times in the sun (depending on the time of year).
One thing´s for sure – if there´s a bench in one of the white villages of Andalucía – there will be some old men sitting on it!
Bless ´em!
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According to this website: “Colour is a meaningful constant for sighted people and it’s a powerful psychological tool. By using colour psychology, you can send a positive or negative message, encourage sales, calm a crowd, or make an athlete pump iron harder.”
Talking of sales, Henry Ford famously declared that the Model-T buyer could choose “any colour, so long as it’s black.” Thank goodness that these days, consumers are more discerning!
This month I’m going to take you on a multi-coloured journey around the world.
Ready?
We start off in Fiordland, on the South Island of New Zealand where we had an early start for our journey to Doubtful Sound. A storm had been lashing the area overnight and, as I am a strictly fair-weather sailor, I was feeling rather nervous at this point. However, my fears were soon calmed, because almost as soon as we were picked up from our hotel, the skies began to clear, the sun came out and we were rewarded with this most spectacular rainbow!
You can buy these multi-coloured ribbons in the main Prayer Hall at the Buddhist Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang, Malaysia. All you have to do is write your prayers onto the ribbon and hang it on the prayer tree.
Sixty miles northwest of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam is the Great Temple, the centre of the intriguing Cao Dai sect. Cao Dai is a Vietnamese religious movement that incorporates aspect of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and even Catholicism. The three principal colours of Cao Dai are yellow (for Buddhism), blue (for Taoism), and red (for Christianity), and these were evident during the noon ceremony, which I was fortunate enough to witness – along with hundreds of tourists and worshippers alike.
We stayed in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam, close to Lake Hoan Kiem, where we visited the Temple of the Jade Mountain (Ngoc Son Temple) by walking over the wooden red-painted Huc Bridge with its colourful banners.
On White Night (Saturday 23rd February 2013) the entrance to Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne, Australia was transformed into a concert stage, with the whole facade of the building bathed in glorious multi-coloured light. It was magical!
Finally, back home to the Axarquía region of Spain, east of Málaga, and during our evening stroll along the promenade at Torre del Mar I spotted this delightful coloured sunshade.
** I always enjoy visiting Madhu at The Urge to Wander because like me, she has a passion for travel. She posts the most exquisite photographs and tells us of places most of us can only dream about. Her recent posts, The Frozen Smile of the Bayon and The Captivating Children of Cambodia were particular favourites of mine because only twelve months ago, I had the opportunity to see those enigmatic, smiling faces for myself – both the stone ones at Bayon and the enchanting children, nearby. I’m sure you would enjoy reading all about her adventures.
** Cathy is A Nomad in the Land of Nizwa and describes herself as a pilgrim, a vagabond, and a wanderer who has discovered the art of living and working abroad, and is now hopelessly addicted. As well as teaching English at the University of Nizwa in Oman, she is a prolific blogger – outlining previous travels in China, Korea, Turkey and Egypt as well as many other places. I particularly enjoyed reading Cathy’s recent post about the tree-climbing goats she encountered on a walk she took with a friend. I’d love you to pop over and say hello.
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I’m flying home later today, after an exciting long weekend in Melbourne, Australia, watching the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
It’s a long way back to Spain – with a couple of connecting flights, an overnight stay in Madrid and, finally, the high-speed AVE train back to Málaga.
Normal service will be resumed ASAP!
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