Sunday-Wednesday March 2-5

Sunday
Nothing as cool as the Alhambra today, but we visited the oldest town in Granada (I forget its name), and the view of the Alhambra from there is really nice. Observe:Then we went to the Capilla Real (royal chapel), where Fernando of Aragon and Isabel of Castilla are buried. It’s crazy to think I saw their tombs; the Reyes Católicos were such incredibly powerful and influential rulers, so certain of their faith, so long ago…we’ve learned so much about them that I almost started to think they couldn’t have been real people. They’re mythical figures in many respects. Check out the capilla:

The huge gold altar. Look closely and you can see that Fernando and Isabel have been ever-so-humbly inserted at the right and left sides of the base of the altar. They are kneeling in prayer.
The tombs.
And here’s the actual crown that Isabel wore. It dates to the late 15^th and early 16^th centuries:
Then we wandered around for awhile, got gelato and I took a minute to teach Don Quixote how to read.
Monday-Wednesday: nothing interesting, just classes.