Christmas in Spain

Here are a few pictures from my recent trip to southern Spain. This picture was the sunrise from the first place we stayed at.

Midnight Mass

This is the Cathedral we attended Midnight Mass at. I'm not sure what was going on for most of the ceremony but it was pretty interesting to see the inside of the huge Cathedral.

Malaga

The view from the place we stayed at.

This was on Christmas Eve. It was quite a festive atmosphere with everyone out in this main square where an orchestra played Christmas songs on a stage behind that huge Christmas tree. Everyone sat outside the cafes and bars drinking hot chocolate and eating churros.


This is the stadium for Bull Fighting.

Christmas Day Dinner

We stayed at hostels the whole time on our trip and the owner of this one was an American guy who made a turkey for Christmas Dinner. They were nice enough to invite us to join them for their Christmas dinner. We met people from all over the world and had some interesting conversations about their Christmas tradtions. The girls next to me are from Poland, Australia, and the UK.

Granada

This is the Alhambra. Arab Muslims (The Moors) conquered a lot of southern Spain and this is one of their last strongholds before the Spainairds regained the land. The castle and gardens are very impressive with more of an Arab feeling (lots of Arabic writing of Allah) than it does Spainish.

Seville and Cadiz