The Archer goes to the Al Hambra
This weekend as my last major hurrah in Europe, I flew to Granada, Spain, to see the Al Hambra, which is a Moorish palace/mosque/walled fortress in the plains near the Sierra Nevada mountains. This is the view from the airport. Yes, that is a palm tree and, yes, those are snow capped mountains in the background. As I was walking to the Al Hambra, I came across this interesting vignette. The top floor are life size statues of the Nativity with the bottom being real life shoppers. Wise men bringing gifts, and shoppers buying gifts. There are just so many sermon topics here, I am not going to begin to commentate. I passed by the Arabic spice market. It smelled delicious. (sorry, smells just don't translate into bloggery.) I walked past this fountain, one of many in the city. Apparently water was a fixation for the Moors. The entire Al Hambra is on a hill top, with a fountain at the top that drained all the way down to the bottom along trenches. You make your way up the side of the mo...