From La Rambla To The Alhambra

La Rambla: major thoroughfare of Barcelona
Alhambra: great moorish palace and fortress of Granada in Andalucia

Welcome!
We will be traveling to Spain this year. We leave on March 18, 2009 and will return on April 8. We will spending 5 nights in Barcelona and then traveling on to Andalucia, visiting Cordoba and Granada and spending 10 days in a cottage in Bubion, a small town in Las Alpujarras villages of the Sierra Nevada mountains. We will try to keep our blog updated as we go. Our hope is that you can feel as though you are on vacation with us, enjoying the sights and descriptions of this colorful and energetic country. Think flamenco, sangria, tapas, paella. Sunshine, beaches and mountains. Miro, Picasso and Gaudi. What particularly drew us to Andalucia is the historical semblance of a culture that thrived on diversity, where Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together, respected each other and, in doing so, foraged a magnificent society of prosperity, philosophy, science and art. We look forward to the art and architecture of the thrilling city of Barcelona. We will visit Malaga, the birthplace of Picasso, and Cordoba, home of the philosopher Maimonides. Travel along with us on our journey!