Beautiful Gardens

This is part of the gardens of the Alhambra "Generalife". I absolutely love the pink flowers that are overflowing from the side of the wall.

One of my favourite things about Spain is that they value water so much. Granada is not near any body of water... it is more or less in the centre of Spain. However, despite this you can see fountains almost everywhere.

Tomorrow I'll post more of fountains - and me - taking a dip to stay cool!

Alhambra #1

A ceiling from the Alhambra. This was a large location that was the home of the Muslim kings in Granada, Spain. They let about 2000 tourists in each day to visit the area... this means that if you want to get in you have to line up no later than 7:30 am. We lined up at around 7:00 and got tickets at about 10:00 am to go in after 2:00pm. Although - trust me - after 3 hours of waiting in line in the freezing cold morning and the overheated afternoon - FULLY WORTH IT!
I would recommend clicking on the picture so you can see it in large view. The carvings on the walls are really amazing.

Hello From Spain

I know I've been away forever... I'm BACK though! I have absolutely no excuses... school got really busy and then I went to Spain and somehow this blog was what got neglected.

From today onwards I'm going to keep you updated - from Spain!

Chinatown - French Style

Entrance gate into the Montreal Chinatown.
Montreal has a really nice Chinatown. This is almost a smaller version on the one in San Francisco, and if you have had the pleasure of going there I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, if not make sure that you do go sometime because it is a must-see (San Francisco)!
On another note, Montreal has the WORST drivers in all of Canada... and you can see that in this picture as one of the cars is about to run some people down...
Fun Fact: Turning right on Red is illegal in Montreal.

Telephone anyone?

Another classic London shot. Seriously, how can you NOT love this city?!?

Hastings

To me this place just look unreal. The train on the right reminds me of the Hogwarts Express (Harry Potter)... It's a cute little town, wouldn't mind living there!

Bloody Lake

Just past these hills there is a small lake (a pond really), the Bloody Lake. It is rumoured that the water turned red during the Battle of Hastings because of all the bodies that fell into it.
I was standing just outside of the Abbey as I took this picture. It is about an hour walk to reach the lake from this point.
The land you see in front of you is the very site of the Battle of Hastings. In fact, the reenactments that are held annually are held at this very spot.
In my personal opinion it is a site too beautiful to be used for such gruesome purposes... but then again so are many other sites that see the same fate.

Northern Sunset

I'm on a trip for work, last night I was flying over Sudbury (latitude 46 degrees, compared to Toronto's 42) in a small 18 seat private plane, and the colours of the sun and the clouds made the sky look simply unreal.
Most people think Sudbury is an awful (weather and population wise) place, but it's actually one of the most beautiful places I have seen. I was standing outside the airport, and it was the definition of utter and complete peace and silence. The people are also amazingly nice!