Exploring
We've pretty much been in the city so far. Today, however, we went to see a friend who lives in a town an hour outside of Granada. As we were waiting for the bus to go to the bus station to get the out-of-town bus, we saw this bus. I hadn't seen a convertible bus before this one, have you?
In Guadix, the main town we visited, there is a whole barrio of cave-houses. It is said many caves in this area were originally made by the Moors 500 yrs. ago or so as places of refuge in the face of Catholic "christianization."
Nowadays, some of the caves are pretty fancy, with house fronts, patios, and even garages. Some have TV antennas, even satellite dishes, planted in the ground above or around the cave.
The insides don't look too shabby, either! They say the temperature inside is 68 degrees year-round.
Then we went to a place you dream about - an old castle on a hill. Jesus said a city on a hill cannot be hid.
Neither can a castle!
One gets the impression that 500 yrs. ago or so, when this castle was built, the wall may have stretched all around it.
On one side one can see a windmill farm, to harness the wind for electricity, There is often a stiff wind through this valley.
On the other side is the Sierra Nevada.
The castle, up close, looks imposing,
but not so imposing as the mountains in the distance.
Our host for the day was Connie Clark who grew up as a Mennonite in Montana, but has been in Spain with the Brethren for 30 yrs. Her husband, a church planter and Bible teacher, died suddenly of a heart attack 5 yrs. ago and is buried in the cemetery of the little town where they lived. Connie still lives there today.
