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One of my main reasons for wanting to go to this part of Spain was to see the Alhambra β­οΈ.  You need to book very very early and we had not done this 😳.  Two weeks before we went, the kind man over the phone ☎️ tried to fob us off  with tickets to the Generalife garden 🌳'does this include entry to the Nasrid Palaces 🏀?' 'No' 'Are the Nasrid Palaces 🏀 the best part' 'Yes' - it is important to preserve.   After a fair bit of probing he did admit that the best way to get a ticket was to ring him the day before we wanted to go, as they always have tickets the day before ☎️.  I wasn't superbly happy about this, but we had no choice but to chance it.  The day arrived - I called up the lady πŸ’ in the ticket office - and NO tickets 😭.  Our only hope now was to go and queue the following morning (the ticket office opens at 8am, and she suggested getting there VERY early 😳).So I may have made Andy, Max and Laura wake up at 6am ⏰ to drive over to Granada to get into the disneylandesque queue so we could get into the Alhambra ⭐️ - sometimes it's important to do these things.  It was slightly drizzling β˜”οΈ when we arrived at 7.30am ⏰there was already a monstrous queue πŸ‘¬πŸ‘­πŸ‘­πŸ‘¬.  We split into two parties - 2 to queue for the actual ticket office πŸ‘­, and 2 to queue to buy tickets from a machine πŸ‘¬, and drank some terrible coffee while we waited β˜•οΈ.  I am pleased to tell you we did get tickets - the ticket machine queue won and Andy and Max came back triumphantly πŸŽ‰.My two favourite parts of the Alhambra were the Generalife Gardens  πŸŒ³- the roses 🌹 were out and it had recently rained β˜”οΈ and they are rather beautiful.And then of course the Nasrid Palaces 🏀 - there are just so many patterns ⭐️ everywhere, they are quite splendid.And they have a good gift shop 🏰 - I bought a glasses πŸ‘“ case covered in an Alhambra ⭐️ inspired pattern.  Andy suggested they should be selling Al - ham - bras πŸ·πŸ‘™ (that would be bras made of ham in a nice pattern) - sorry for giving your idea away Andy...I am SO pleased we made it 😍.  And I suggest you book in advance if you do decide to go.Alice xxx

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