One of Spain’s most famous buildings, Granada’s Alhambra, is found here along with other relics of medieval Islamic Spain.The first generation can be obtained by breeding 2 wilds of any color type to obtain a tamed/mountable. Huge nature reserves, snow-capped mountains, and white villages. Others say it’s because of the vivacious, fun-loving people and the beautiful historical sites. There are marvelous beaches along the Costa de Almería, rolling green hills, It’s filled with nice boutiques, bars, restaurants, and a ton of nightlife, and the resorts are the most crowded in the whole country. Some say it’s because of the boiling hot weather and the beautiful landscape. Everyone is welcome no matter what background (introducing Andalisia).Īndalusia is a mass tourism place. Andalusia is open to many cultures, religions, and customs. Their culture includes bullfighting, tapas, flamenco, special foods, and many other things. However, its history and culture have also been influenced by Romans, Greeks, Christians, and Castilians (Kern).
Sometimes it can be referred to as two sub regions, Upper Andalusia and Southern Andalusia (Kern).Īndalusia has many Muslim and Arabic influences, the word Andalusia is actually Arabic and means land of the vandals. They areĪlmería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, and Seville, which is the capital.
Andalusia is made up of eight main provinces. It is 87, 166 square miles and stretches from the Mediterranean Coast of Almería on the east to Portugal on the west, and reaches north to the borders of New Castile and Extremadura. Santiago had to let things go and make sacrafices in order to find his treasure.Īndalusia is an area in southern Spain that takes up 17% of Spanish National Territory. This has to do with the theme of letting things go to get where you want to be. He decided that it was worth giving up all that to become a shepard and go after his personal legend. He knew he fields were he took his sheep and was familiar with the people. They were just the start of many obsticals that were in his way of reaching his personal legend. Santiago lived in Andalusia while he was growing up. He left his family and friends behind to go search for his treasure in the Egyptian Pyramids. The sheep, the merchant’s daughter, and the fields of Andalusia were only steps along the way to his personal legend” (28)Īndalusia symbolizes the start of Santiago's journey towards his persoanl legend. There was nothing to hold him back except himself. The boy felt jealous of the freedom of the wind, and saw that he could have the same freedom. It had brought with its sweat and the dreams of men who had once left to search for the unknown, and for gold and adventure-and for the pyramids. That wind had brought the Moors, yes, but it also brought the smell of the desert and of veiled women.
The levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face.
‘That baker…’ he said to himself, without completing the thought. A young couple sat on the bench where he had talked with the old man, and they kissed. People continued to come and go from the baker’s shop. The sheep will get used to me not being there too, the boy thought.įrom where he sat, he could observe the plaza. They have gotten used to my being away, and so have I. “I left my father, my mother, and the town castle behind.
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