Al-Hambra

To entering the Al-Hambra is not easy, because this place is overflow by the tourist. People that come to this place is about 4.600 people per day. So, you must hurry to buy the entry ticket from late at night, in the ticket box or in Bilbao Vizcaya Bank but you must give some money, but you can save your time and your energy. To reached the palace, there is bus that inscribed with Al- Hambra in Plaza Nueva. The word Al-Hambra, is come from the Arab language alqala hamra ( the red palace), actually it is a fortress that build in the ninth century then the Nasrid Dynasty changed it into a palace around the thirteenth century and the fourteenth century. In the main place of this building, Casa Real, is found the beautiful of the Muslim art decoration. The walls is fuelled by the calligraphy carved object. Half of the plafond is made from the wooden carved, meanwhile the other plafond is stucco that adorned with a little star that look like stalagmite. In the Mudejar architecture concept (concept of art that sprout up in Spain by the Arabs), water is used as the element of art. Almost of the room have fountain in the middle with a little ditch that flow to the big pool in the middle of the patio. sound of water flowing in a small stream is peacefully. It is like a concept of mosque that always open and light. This Muslim characteristic that we can see in every single of this palace. Every site in the palace is always surrounding the patio that consist garden, fountain, or pool it is guarantee to make a fresh air and light. In the night, after we had saw whole of the red palace we can relaxing while enjoying tablao or flamenco dancing entertainment. There is a lot Pena (Flamenco club) that offer you with this attraction. A long the street to Al-Hambra, there is a lot of bar that located inside cave, as example Gipsi Sacromonte Cave that popular with their flamenco performance.

Morpeth City
You can go Picnic
It is located in 340 acre land-a big size-cypress lakes resort have many picnic location you can ask a help from the resort employee to arrange your picnic appropriate with your fund and the season. There is a lot of golf player who have picnic while they enjoy their lunch in the ninth hole. If the weather is possible, picnic while the sunset is very romantic. It is good for you who have plan to give someone a surprise (and even a diamond ring). Another alternative is picnic in the room. With beautiful scenery from the balcony, and it is more private and not to be worried being hit by the golf ball !

Sated your Self

Pipette is a fine dinning restaurant, that offering the modern Australian food. The executive chef Gerhard Spatz is served you with menus that related with seafood, that changed everyday appropriate to the fresh condiment today (we had already eat the best oyster ever here). Dessert (ice cream and sorbet made by your own) delicious, it wont make you lose out even your calorie is increased.

Wide open place

The place and the composure that covering this place made an luxurious that invited you to the Cypress lakes Resort. To enjoy this while I burn my obstinate calorie, I worn my sport cloth then went to the walking track. You will amazed with the gardener resort work while you are seeing the flowers blossom in the garden, from the yellow daffodil to the sweet fragrant gardenia. I have just know this resort have their own grape plantation, even thought it was small. It is located near the eleventh hole. Grapes is being send to the wine factory Brokenwood, located near the plantation, to process. Then, the product that have already finished called 11th hole Chardonnay and served in the hotel. The beautiful environment, and perfect service and wine that made fresh from the fruit what else ? Morpeth is located in the side of hunter river (about 40 minutes far from the grape plantation), Morpeth is a beautiful city. Before you haunt to the antiques shop or the handy craft store, you must try the blueberries muffin in Maggie Gs caf (129 swain street, tel 4933-2477). Morpeth is a place for the uneven festival, like honey festival (for 4 days consist of tasting honey, cooked and painting with the bee wax). Novelty teapot festival (showed 3524 teapot from all the countries in australia) Fiery food festival, Mug festival, and the biggest is the Morpeth jazz festival that held for two days in may.

Corrida,

compete between ox versus human

Now Corrida is not always found in Spain. Tradition that has been sources in Mediterranean is started in Nimes in 1863. At the first time there is no reaction from the Nimes people but slowly this attraction become one of event that important for the Nimes people. The number of Afisionados (devotee) is increase. Watch corrida in the Rome arena is so excited, especially in paseo time (opening ceremony) in which we can see matador with their fancy cloth out and introduce them self. But in other hand, watching corida is very strain, especially if the ox ram into or throw the matador body with his horns. So, if matador can played with energetic with his mulata (red cloth) till his foe is dizzy and his ram will not precise till the end of faena (the end of fight), So crowd and applause will reverberate in the whole arena. After the ox is dizzy, is time for the picador to take-over the show. This horseman is have a duty to stab the ox body with three pair of Banderrillos (prick) in order to make the ox is more weakness. And then is come to estocado time (killed the ox, the last step. With a special sword, the matador must stab the ox head fast and accurately. Usually every matador have allotment for two ox and for one fight is about two hour. In every performance that started from 6.00 Pm in the afternoon, is usually have three matador who will fight. So, after the stumble the part will be held until morning. Except the corrida there is another ox compete that come from the Portuguese tradition. In the Portuguese way the matador will stressed the ox by riding horse (Rejoneader). Sure this type must have skill riding horse and more long practice from the corrida in Nimes. Even thought corrida is very popular, it not mean this attraction is not free from criticize. The animal lover is gaze directly to this show. But, like an wise word dog is bark column is still passed but till now corrida is still held. So, because it is always held periodically, matador is still exist. Even their live is not different with the white TV screen star, If they are popular, their salary can reached thousand of dollar for only one show. Meanwhile they had already struggle with this since they are young (17 years old) imagine if they will retired in 30 ! Besides the extravagant life, they also will get honour in Spain and French celebrity. Enrique Ponce, Denis lore, Juan Jose Padilla, Joselito, El Juli, and Juan Bautista is names of matador that not strange anymore for the fans.

Guadix
To reached Guadix is only need 40 minutes from Granada with car pass thought the mountains to the north east. Closed to this city the scenery is so dramatic with the really a dried off and dust city. Little city of Guadix is very famous with their inhabitants that still live in the caves the place that they think is comfort and savety. The concentration of the living caves is in Ermita Nueva. Do not hope to see the living caves from the latest period, because now there is only modern cave with a white painted wall and have high television antennas everywhere. In the smokestack and brownish barren mountains. Is

centre of Ermita Nueva there is a cave museum that facing with a little church, there is also in the cave. Is really interested to have a side walk go along this area. And you can imagine, how cheap to build a house here. You dont need rooftile, wood, brick, or cement. I have try touch the mountain soil that made the cave. Is not to hard, really. I just want to make certain that the grave is not to close to the top, so the roof will not collapse. Is it Perfect ?