Granada – Spain
We left San Diego in the morning and flew to Spain, to Granada. After we got to our rooms in the hotel we walked to Alhambra palace gardens. From that hill we looked over Granada and then we were divided into groups and summarized the summer trip till then. The palace gardens are really beautiful and very special, it gave me a feeling that this place has a historical value. The conversation in the garden was about the year 1492, as a turning point in Spain and in Europe.( discovery of America by Columbus, deportation of Spain Jewry, the end of the Muslim kingdom in Spain).
After dinner the teenagers were divided randomly to couples of a dwarf and a giant, every participant served another teenager and was served by another one. the game was anonymous and lasted during our stay in Spain. At night we visited the Alhambra palace inside. Even though the light was weak the palace looked mighty beautiful and very especial, an authentic remembrance to the Muslim reign in south Spain.
The next day we visited in the new Islamic center of Granada. There was a great view point on the town and the palace. Our hosts received us very nicely and explained to us the relationship between Spain and the Islam. The old renewed building that is now the place of the center together with the mosque tells us that there is a good relationship among the Muslims and other Spainish population.
From the Islamic center we walked down town Granada to the Arabic shuq bazaar. Each of us got money for food and two hours to go around in the markets. Later we gathered and we drove towards Cordova.
The pictures and the video clips tell the story of Granada summer trip better then words.
Some question arose from those day activities:
A. why isn't the power of Islam in the middle ages in Spain expressed today by the Islamic leaders?
B. Does the Islamic minority in Spain act as a peace bridge between religions?
C. What do our Bedouin brothers from Israel really feel when they visit Alhambra palace and the other places that remind us the Islam in its greatness? (I'm really waiting for an answer)
PICTURES OF THIS DAY
FIRST DAY IN GRANADA - VIDEO CLIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLuImJ9_jBY
SECOND DAY IN GRANADA - VIDEO CLIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um6yupjwRh8
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