![Street Art I don't know if I want another Granada, but I'm all for social critique.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.streetart-150x150.jpg)
![Spices The brightest spices I've ever seen, imported to the south of Spain from the north of Africa.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.spices-150x150.jpg)
![Pomegranate Pomegranates are so strongly associated with Granada that they're called "granadas" in Madrid.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.pomegranate-150x150.jpg)
![Patio Orange trees on the patio of the world's largest Gothic cathedral in sunny Sevilla.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.patio_-150x150.jpg)
![Lucerias In Granada, the stars shine even during the sunlit hours.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.lucerias-150x150.jpg)
![Patio de los Leones The Alhambra photo that I have seen in literally every Spanish textbook I've ever used.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.leones-150x150.jpg)
![Generalife My secret garden...or La Alhambra's Generalife?](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.garden-150x150.jpg)
![Doorway A mysterious doorway in the Albayzin, Granada's old Muslim quarter.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.doorway-150x150.jpg)
![Sevilla Afternoon Yet another gorgeous Spanish couple taking a late-afternoon paseo in Sevilla.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.carriage-150x150.jpg)
![Bóveda Gorgeous ceiling, tragic story: look up Boabdil, the last sultan of the Alhambra.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.boveda-150x150.jpg)
![Azulejos In Sevilla, even the underbellies of balconies are beautiful!](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.azulejos-150x150.jpg)
![Ave Maria Just a typical tiny street in Sevilla.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.avemaria-150x150.jpg)
![La Alhambra The magical land of Granada as seen from La Alhambra.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/madrid.doyel_.alhambra-150x150.jpg)
The images of these cities speak for themselves. I tried not to give Sevilla short shrift, because it is the classic Spanish city I always imagined when I thought of this previously-far-away land. You already know from my last post, however, that Granada hypnotized me. Madrid is the Spanish city that has truly stolen my heart, but Granada came close!