Day 52: ahlumbra

This place is fantastico. It takes us a good few hours to explore it. It is a moorish palace built in the 14th century for the last Muslim emirs (or Amirs). And then when the Christians reconquested, prince Charles V (Roman emperor) used it as his palace. After falling into disrepair for a while it was restored in the 19th century.  There are rooms and passages and courts with gardens and flowers decorated with Muslim art. And the gardens are glorious of course. There are two palaces, many gardens, the dungeons and an absolutely magnificent viewpoint where you can see the mountains with snow on one side and the sea on the other. We get back and chill for a bit then han and I go out for late night tapas to Carlos' (the hostel dude) recommended tapas bar.  It was so busy (good sign already). We stood around the bar with all the other locals (no mistaking it) and ordered a beer. You get the tapas for free when you order a drink and there not a bowl of chips. The tapas tender asked what we'd like but the menu wasn't in English so we said "you choose" and he came back with delicious herbed pork sandwiches.  The group of spaniards next to us taught us how to order a beer in Spanish so we ordered another round and this time got a plate of pork in a good sauce with some chips and bread. All in all a good and very cheap tapas experience.