Alhambra

Getting a bit stir crazy, Heidi, Casey and Anne decided on another road trip, this time to Granada to see the Alhambra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra). The place is hard to summarize in a sentence or two; most of what you see there today is the fortified city/palace of the Nasrid sultanate of Granada (the last Islamic state on the Iberian peninsula) but there are elements of older construction as well as later Christian rulers’ palace structures. It's world-famous for the incredible surface decoration throughout the Nasrid palaces, tile patterns and carved stone. The place is truly awe-inspiring. We tried to take pictures, but it’s hard to capture the depth and scope of the artwork. Here’s a random sample – more over at WT’s flickr site here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildtigris/sets/72157622629340925/.