Its been so long since i have posted anything! But here i go!
For the past week we have been traveling through southern spain. It was the most amazing time every. We traveled through Madrid, Cordoba, Granada and Sevilla. We spent 2-3 days in each city, and did sketches at buildings we visited and had a lot of free time to walk around.
Our first c
ity we visited was madrid. We flew there last saturday, and saturday afternoon walked the city and got to go to this plaza that was huge. We spent alot of time sketching observations that we made and then got to roam back across the city to our hotel. I actually relaly enjoyed the walk because we got to see a lot of the city that we probably wouldnt otherwise have seen has we not. The second day in madrid it was raining, but we got to go visit a couple museums and draw some analytical sketches of the way new and old parts of the buildings relate and interconnect. We wlaked through this park in the middle of the city that had a lot of cool stuff in it, old statues and memorials and what not. That night we went out to dinner at a brazilian barbecue place, and then to watch the superbowl at a bar in the city. It was so awesome that we found a place to watch superbowl, there were a lot of us that were really excited. We met some people that day from Clemson that are living and studying in barcelona and a grout of architecture majors from wales. The next morning at the crack of dawn we woke up and caught a train to go to Cordoba.
Cordoba was a shorte
r stay, only one night, but it was a lot of fun to see the old Mosque and what not. We got to go into the mosque and sketch and it was a really cool building. It is not used for religious stuff anymore, so it has kind of been turned into a museum feeling space. I though we were going to see this really authentic mosque, but the christians came in and turned it into a cathedral. i was really disappointed to see some of the changes that had been made, but it was still a lot of fun to see something so old and really get to sit down and observe it and sketch it. The picture shows the inside of the mosque in cordoba, which is unique because it uses a double horse shoe arch, which when one arch on top of the other but instead of just curving down and into the column at the bottom of the arch it continues a bit more looking like its almost trying to complete the circle.
Part three was Gra
nada. This city was so cool, and the first night we got to go on top of one of the hills to a platform and watch the sun set behind the Alhambra. The picture to the right shows the Alhambra after the sun was set and they turned the lights on. It was so beautiful it is hard to explain. The Alhambra is on top of the big hill next to where we were sitting, and behind it were mountains, some of them capped with snow. The next day we explored the city, went into the Alhambra and basically got to really get a feel for where we were. This was a city that was not huge but had a lot of character and was a lot of fun. I did a lot of shopping here, which i hadnt done in the other cities. I got paintings and a bag. Also, granada is known for its Tea Houses, and the teas that have pieces of fruit and what not in them. I bought a lot of tea, hopefully it will last to be able to give as gifts.
Sevilla was the last city we visited and definately my favorite. The first day i went down to the
river and sketched and got to see the Calatrava bridge as well as a lot of other cool bridges that were on the river. Here i finally got to explore the makeup of this design that i had seen in a lot of the Moors architecture that we had seen. It is a star, but it is a little different then a lot of things that i had seen. We also went into the Cathedral de Sevilla, (the picture to the left) and Christopher Columbus' tomb is in it. There was a tower that when at the top you could look out over the entire city. This city just has so much i guess the way i would put it is flavor and character. It has a lot of old courtyards and stone sidewalks and old buildings. There is a complex called Real Alcazar that was a lot of fun to see, it was huge and had the most beautiful gardens.
For the past week we have been traveling through southern spain. It was the most amazing time every. We traveled through Madrid, Cordoba, Granada and Sevilla. We spent 2-3 days in each city, and did sketches at buildings we visited and had a lot of free time to walk around.
Our first c
ity we visited was madrid. We flew there last saturday, and saturday afternoon walked the city and got to go to this plaza that was huge. We spent alot of time sketching observations that we made and then got to roam back across the city to our hotel. I actually relaly enjoyed the walk because we got to see a lot of the city that we probably wouldnt otherwise have seen has we not. The second day in madrid it was raining, but we got to go visit a couple museums and draw some analytical sketches of the way new and old parts of the buildings relate and interconnect. We wlaked through this park in the middle of the city that had a lot of cool stuff in it, old statues and memorials and what not. That night we went out to dinner at a brazilian barbecue place, and then to watch the superbowl at a bar in the city. It was so awesome that we found a place to watch superbowl, there were a lot of us that were really excited. We met some people that day from Clemson that are living and studying in barcelona and a grout of architecture majors from wales. The next morning at the crack of dawn we woke up and caught a train to go to Cordoba.Cordoba was a shorte
r stay, only one night, but it was a lot of fun to see the old Mosque and what not. We got to go into the mosque and sketch and it was a really cool building. It is not used for religious stuff anymore, so it has kind of been turned into a museum feeling space. I though we were going to see this really authentic mosque, but the christians came in and turned it into a cathedral. i was really disappointed to see some of the changes that had been made, but it was still a lot of fun to see something so old and really get to sit down and observe it and sketch it. The picture shows the inside of the mosque in cordoba, which is unique because it uses a double horse shoe arch, which when one arch on top of the other but instead of just curving down and into the column at the bottom of the arch it continues a bit more looking like its almost trying to complete the circle.Part three was Gra
nada. This city was so cool, and the first night we got to go on top of one of the hills to a platform and watch the sun set behind the Alhambra. The picture to the right shows the Alhambra after the sun was set and they turned the lights on. It was so beautiful it is hard to explain. The Alhambra is on top of the big hill next to where we were sitting, and behind it were mountains, some of them capped with snow. The next day we explored the city, went into the Alhambra and basically got to really get a feel for where we were. This was a city that was not huge but had a lot of character and was a lot of fun. I did a lot of shopping here, which i hadnt done in the other cities. I got paintings and a bag. Also, granada is known for its Tea Houses, and the teas that have pieces of fruit and what not in them. I bought a lot of tea, hopefully it will last to be able to give as gifts.Sevilla was the last city we visited and definately my favorite. The first day i went down to the
river and sketched and got to see the Calatrava bridge as well as a lot of other cool bridges that were on the river. Here i finally got to explore the makeup of this design that i had seen in a lot of the Moors architecture that we had seen. It is a star, but it is a little different then a lot of things that i had seen. We also went into the Cathedral de Sevilla, (the picture to the left) and Christopher Columbus' tomb is in it. There was a tower that when at the top you could look out over the entire city. This city just has so much i guess the way i would put it is flavor and character. It has a lot of old courtyards and stone sidewalks and old buildings. There is a complex called Real Alcazar that was a lot of fun to see, it was huge and had the most beautiful gardens.
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