Good work your majesties!
King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castille
Posted on 08/05/2010 8:40:21 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
US First Lady Michelle Obama and her nine-year-old daughter Sasha on Thursday visited Granada, the former seat of Moorish rule in Spain, during the second day of her holiday in the country.
The two had ice cream in the centre of the southern city as dozens of cameramen and local residents looked on before they began their tour of Granada amid temperatures that soared to nearly 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
Michelle Obama smiled and waved to the crowd before entering the city's imposing cathedral, which contains the tombs of Spain's king Ferdinand of Aragon and queen Isabella of Castile, the first stop on their tour.
Their visit will also take in the hilltop Albaicin quarter of narrow alleyways and small squares as well the Alhambra fortress-palace, Spain's most-visited tourist attraction, at sunset, the local municipality said.
They are also expected to take in a flamenco performance in one of the city's old taverns.
The Alhambra was once the residence of Moorish kings but it is now one of the world's largest open-air museums of Islamic architecture and a World Heritage Site.
The US First Lady and Sasha arrived on Spain's Mediterranean coast on Wednesday for a vacation with friends at the five-star Hotel Villa Padierna in the hills above the seaside resort of Marbella, a haunt for the rich and famous.(continued)
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LAST seat of Muslim rule. The Alhambra is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. And the Spanish knew how to send a message. They did not ruin the Alhambra, but they built a huge renaissance royal palace right in front of it, just in case anyone might be tempted to forget what happened to Boabdil.
The question is: did she bow?
Marbella is a second home for the royalty of the Arab/islam world. My wife and I ,some years ago, spent a month in that area visiting my wife’s sister. Marbella with it’s Puerto Banus and huge.opulent boats owned by royalty is a wonderful place to relax and swim in the Mediteranian Sea, as I did. There was one member of the royal family , I can’t recall if it was the KIng, who actually built a replicate of our White House in the beautiful hills above the sea.
It makes me wonder if the royalty didn’t set a meeting to get a closer look at their USA chosen family. It would have been difficult to explain if Michelle had gone to Saudia Arabia.
Lest we forget:
Barack Hussein Obama refuses to salute US flag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU9iCANi02o
Obama orders Georgetown University to cover all Christian Symbols before he speaks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujwH6BXfP8E&feature=related
No birthday presents for kids
no church on Sunday
G-Damn America
Visiting Muslim Spain (!!!)
Hmmmmmmmm
wonder what all that could mean???
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Good work your majesties!
King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castille
Marbella is a second home for the royalty of the Arab/islam world. My wife and I ,some years ago, spent a month in that area visiting my wife’s sister. Marbella with it’s Puerto Banus and huge.opulent boats owned by royalty is a wonderful place to relax and swim in the Mediteranian Sea, as I did. There was one member of the royal family , I can’t recall if it was the KIng, who actually built a replicate of our White House in the beautiful hills above the sea.
It makes me wonder if the royalty didn’t set a meeting to get a closer look at their USA chosen family.
It would have been difficult to explain if Michelle had gone to Saudia Arabia.
That’s what I thought.
It is VERY strange that of all the earth they chose this place to visit.
Does anyone seriously NOT think this is a “message” to the Muslim world ???
“Connecting the dots, folks?”
Yep. It reinforces what many of us have suspected from the beginning.
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