The Alhambra from Sacromonte

by Joan Carroll

Title

The Alhambra from Sacromonte

Artist

Joan Carroll

Medium

Photograph - Digital Art

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To make a long story short...one afternoon in Granada Spain I wanted to go to the monastery at Sacromonte, but the driver of the bus that said 'Sacromonte' said he didn't go there. He told me the bus that said 'Albayzin' went there. Or at least that's what I thought he said. My spanish wasn't good enough to get the fine points. In any case, it didn't make sense to me so I thought I'd wait for the next bus and maybe that driver would be more helpful. Only when I looked at the schedule, I discovered the buses ran every 20 min. I hate waiting for buses, so despite the fact that Sacromonte was up in the mountains and a steep and sweaty walk I decided to walk. It WAS steep, and it WAS sweaty, and there wasn't much shade but....look at the view! A view of the Alhambra above and the city of Granada and the Rio Darro below at least equal to the famed view from the Albayzin. I ran across only a handful of tourists during the walk, a welcome change from the town center and the Alhambra complex itself. It was very quiet, the quiet broken only occasionally by the sound of a car or a bus (the bus that didn't go there...). It was an extraordinary afternoon, not to be traded for anything.

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April 30th, 2015

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