TBT: throwback travel

My brother-in-law Mark is planning to go to Spain in May for a friend's wedding and to do some traveling. He asked for advice about things to do in Granada and southern Spain, so I got to reminisce about one (actually, two...because we went back for our honeymoon!) of the best times in my life (so far)! I could talk about Granada for days...but instead I'll just share pictures of my favorite things:

{views of the city from the Alhambra}

{churros con chocolate}

{tapas bars}

{random Americans who
buy you roses and whom
you later marry}
maybe that was specific to me

{activities in caves: flamenco, night clubs}
photo by Emily Guerra

{wonderful Spanish women
who make awesome food like
salmorejo and tortillas}

{views of the Alhambra from the Mirador de San Nicolas}
photo by Ali Dumler

{granadas (pomegranates) everywhere!}

{Arab influence: the Alhambra,
teterias (tea houses),
the Albayzin, Arab baths}

{general amazingness}
photo by Nick Salerno

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