I've got to get out and take some fresh pictures this weekend. When I started my walk home last night I reminded myself to keep an eye out for anything interesting, but I just wasn't motivated. Bleak January! Maybe today when Dave and I go up to the hardware store for paint samples.
I've had a rude awakening about our upcoming Spain trip. Someone in the comments recommended that we get our tickets to the Alhambra ahead of time. This seemed a little crazy, given that it's almost a month away, but I tried to go online and buy advance tickets, and guess what? SOLD OUT! They have availability the week before and the week after, but not a single day of the week we're in the country. Of course this is because everyone is on a half-term break from school, I imagine.
I wrote our hotel to see if they could hook us up somehow, but I haven't heard back yet. If we can't get into the Alhambra it won't be the end of the world -- I've seen it (albeit 32 years ago) and although Dave hasn't, he also doesn't seem particularly invested. I did buy advance tickets to the cathedral in Córdoba, so at least we'll be sure to see that.
Traveling is not like it was in the '90s, when you could just show up at the front gate.
Blogger was doing more weird things yesterday. I couldn't reply to comments and I couldn't see my entire blog roll, which is how I click back to read everyone else's blogs. The problem seems fixed this morning, thank goodness.
(Photo: A plaza off Edgware Road, last weekend.)
Enjoy your paint choosing trip!
ReplyDeleteI had blogger glitches yesterday too, seems OK again today.
Will you be visiting the Mezquita in Cordoba? It is amazing . We have been a couple of times and never tire of it.
ReplyDeleteI have just bought our tickets for the Royal Palace - the Alcazar - in Seville. Just got the last ones for the day we wanted!
Yes, everyone was having commenting problems.
ReplyDeleteWhen we stayed next to Sagrada Familiar, we expected we could just walk in and take a look. It was a three day booking wait, and we weren't in Barcelona for long enough to do that. Yes, travel has changed, and is so much harder now.
I never would have thought about reservations a while back. Now we check on everything. Can’t believe we’ll be seeing you in less than a month! And, yes, Blogger was a bigger pain than usual yesterday.
ReplyDeleteBlogger was playing me up as well, but as you say it's working OK today.
ReplyDeleteBlogger has been having a hissy fit of late. I keep reminding myself that it is free and easy to use. Till it has a hissy fit. -17 this morning -- real temp, not wind chill. Is that square photo current? You have leaves on trees? It's lovely at any rate.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about Spain and the Alhambra. You're right -- travel has changed. A lot.
Enjoy your paint choosing...I'm about to try a couple of samples here to see how different they look in daylight and artificial light.
ReplyDeleteMy blog was doing that yesterday, too, but seems fine today!
ReplyDeleteI also remember traveling and just showing up at the things you wanted to do, an dnow it's all pre-order and specific times and such!
Hopefully your hotel can help.
I like shades of pink, peach, apricot for walls. They make people look better!
ReplyDeleteI think we are nearly all experiencing glitches of various sorts with Blogger at the moment. A sure sign they are going to change something, just as we all have gotten used to the last lot of changes!
ReplyDeleteI think you should set yourself the challenge of finding the most mundane and boring things you can find to photograph, of course that means no doubt that loads of good things will appear just to tease you. ;-)
I have read that other bloggers using blogspot have had the same issues. Hopefully it is resolved now. And you will get to see Mitchell! Yay!
ReplyDeleteWell, why even bother going to Spain if you can't see the Alhambra? JUST KIDDING!
ReplyDeleteYou're going to have such a good time and there will be lots of pictures with you and Dave and Mitchell and SG, I hope. It will all be a grand adventure.
I was thinking that it's hard to get pictures of Shadows & Light if there isn't any light. Hopefully there'll be a SUNNY January day for you soon! Meanwhile, we're hunkering down for whatever it is that we're about to get (ice? snow? sleet? rain? all of the above?).
ReplyDeleteI dislike the modern world of vacationing where it seems more and more you have to book things way in advance. It doesn't mesh well with my style of vacationing where I just compile a list of possibilities and then once that day arrives, go do what I'm in the mood (or the weather) for.
ReplyDeleteSpain. Warmth. You will find plenty to entertain yourselves even without the Alhambra.
ReplyDeleteSince globalization, people are able to travel where ever they want. So venues are full. Blogger seems to be having a hiccup.
ReplyDeleteI have a devil of a time choosing paint colors. I have to get samples and paint a small portion of the wall before I decide. I went through three yellows before I chose the one for my bedroom. Also several blues for the bathroom.
ReplyDeleteToo bad you couldn't get tickets to the Alhambra. I looked at some images online and wow.
Maybe you could keep checking for those tickets for the Alhambra. People can cancel and spots might open up. Do they have a wait list?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you will have lots of fun anyway!
I know that more Canadians are traveling to Europe rather than the US right now. US trips for Canadians are down 25% but we still want to travel.
ReplyDeleteSpain will be sunny and warm and that makes up for a lot.
ReplyDeleteHaving to schedule and book everything makes travel less easy and eliminates the spur-of-the-moment fun aspect. Regardless, you and Dave will have a good time. You'll make sure of that.
You are so right about travel today. I wonder what changed things so much.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what the distance is for that trip but is it possible to hire a driver?
Advance tickets? Wow, I would never have imagined. When my older daughter and I were in Montreal (Easter weekend), we stayed right by Notre Dame. Since we had signed up for a city tour, we got to go inside the cathedral and bypassed the huge line. It was incredible inside so I'm thankful we went although I had little interest in it before. I've seen so many beautiful cathedrals in my time, but this one was special. If all else fails, sitting in a cafe and people watching can be delightful.
ReplyDeleteI worked a jigsaw puzzle of the interior of that cathedral. I never knew how beautiful it was, either!
DeleteYou'd never know it was winter by your photo! We currently have sleet and freezing rain. Ugh.
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