Yesterday though, I had a nice little stress relief at the winery, Bodega Pilongo. Other than the trip there when I thought we were going to fall over a cliff in a bus, the visit was very interesting. I interned at a winery this summer so although the tour was in Spanish, I could pick up on some of the things our guide was saying from previous experience. The actual winery with all of the machinery and barrels was in a cliff overlooking all of the vineyard. It would probably be so beautiful in the spring and summer, but everything was dead when we went. After the tour, we got to taste the wines with some delicious tapas. We tried one blush and one red. Neither were my favorite, both a little too vinegar-y and sweet, but I loved the experience. One of my favorite things to do is taste wines and try and figure out what aromas and flavors the grapes develop. I'm kind of a wine nerd. I may some day turn my chemistry and food science degree into a wine career because I love this field that much. The creativity and art and, yes even science, that goes into making the different wines is so intriguing and complex. To top off the great visit, we got a free bottle of wine to bring home.
View from the Winery
On Monday, we had our last tour at the Catedral and Capilla Real in Granada. I really enjoyed these types of tours because I know very little about religion. I love learning new things especially by visiting extremely old buildings and monuments. My absolute favorite part though was seeing the coffins of Isabel and Ferdinand. I just find it so cool that their bodies (more like dust now) were actually in those tombs from hundreds of years ago. I also found interesting the main chapel of the Catedral and how it depicted the steps to heaven. I was not raised religiously and never went to CCD or learned about this stuff in school. Even though I don't believe in it, I find it so interesting to learn about and see these huge buildings solely dedicated to the religion.
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