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Visiting Granada has been a dream for me since I was 10 years old, actually. In a maths lesson while in grade 4, my then maths teacher – Bent Nørgaard – was teaching algebra and geometry, he showed us a picture of some geomtric design, that were mathematically created. These designs were not just some random designs; NO, they were from a historical site, and Bent told us about how the muslims/Arabs created these patterns using maths. The patterns and designs he showed us from a particular place he had travelled to – Alhambra in Spain.
Little me, totally stunned by Bent’s travel adventure, and the fact that you could find maths on (historical) walls, got the idea of visiting the same Alhambra when growing old enough to travel. You know, as a kid you think of it as a big deal to travel alone – yes I actually thought, of travelling alone to Alhambra at that young age 😏😏
And this little dream became my first travel-dream kinda stuff, and also one of the most important destinations on my bucketlist, because it was what made me want to become a wanderlust 🤩 And I knew, when my brother moved to Andalucia, that I had to visit him and that I had to take him on my little dream destination, just to tell how cool Bent was. My brother too had Bent as a maths teacher. Personally, Bent is one the coolest teachers I’ve ever had. He is the author behind the popular “Tal Hæfterne”, that are maths books for the small, aged 6-8. I remember being the first one completing all 10 books in my class back then, and my teachers, including Bent, were surprised 😏Because Bent saw how much I loved maths, and he encouraged me to do advanced maths beyond my grades, and I eventually became one of the smartest students, he’ve ever had, he said 😉
So I asked if my brother could take a day off, so I could give him a one’day trip to Granada. He said yes, but he wasn’t much about Granada. Maybe because he didn’t know about Granada and Alhambra. I was, on the other hand, very much thrilled. After 23 years my dream came true 😉
I booked the tickets from Get Your Guide, and it was again Alex (the guide for El Caminito del Rey) who was the guide. We were picked up at Hotel Ilunion in Fuengirola, and then a new adventure began.
Granada is a VERY old town, located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Granada, was the capital of the Nasrid rule during the 13th century, and was later conquered by the catholics in 1492. Granada has therefore a pretty much interesting story, and it has one of the most important sites in Spanish history, the Alhambra, which I’ll write about in the next post 😉
When we arrived to Granada, we got some time on our own to explore Granada city and eat, before heading towards Alhambra. Here, my brother and I went to Catedral de Granada – an interesting, but stunning architectural site, if you ask me!
Catedral de Granada is a Roman-Catholic church, with an interesting history. Did you know it took 181 years to build, and that it has 3 architectural traditions – the earliest plans has the gothic style, then the later architects designed the next structures in renaissance/platareque traditions, and then the final parts are in baroque tradition – seems quite logical when it took 181 years to build, but I still wonder why they did so. On the other hand, the church is actually built on the base of an old mosque, after the catholics conquered Granada from the Nasrid rulers. This is something many rulers do – to destroy old history to build what they think is correct -_- but okay, the cathedral is still impressive. And I like both the facae and the interiors of this cathedral more than the Málaga Cathedral, which on the other hand looks a bit creepy 😛
