JEANNE: We´re still in Granada, until 2pm at least... We spent Saturday in the Alhambra, and it was more than we had expected. The grounds are great. The Nasrid Palace, which has all the beautiful Moorish fountains, tiles and plaster work is stunning, and far more extensive than the few courtyards that are always pictured. The Generalife gardens are lovely now - they must be gorgeous when everything is in lush bloom. Aside from less blooms, October is a v...

We left Lanjaron and spent more time clinging to mountain edges but the views were wonderful. We drove east across the Alpujarra, which is an area of mountain villages clinging to the slouthern lsopes of the Sierra Nevada. There are goats and sheep and olive groves and a lot of ham being dried, though nary a pig to be seen. From some places you can see up to five different villages at different elevations on the hillsides. This area was originally settled by Moor...