A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 10 May 2022 - T for Tuesday

 Hello lovely ladies, 

I have no postcard for you today. I had three and I’ve used them all. So I will show you some photos of a monastery I visited last week when my husband was having his treatment.

Granada Charterhouse (Spanish: Cartuja de Granada) is a Carthusian monastery in Granada, Spain. It is one of the finest examples of Spanish Baroque architecture.

Exterior of the Charterhouse (viewed in the sunset)

Dome of the tabernacle of Granada Charterhouse. Frescoes by Acisclo Antonio Palomino de Castro

View of the Monastery from the south-east

The charterhouse was founded in 1506; construction started ten years later, and continued for the following 300 years. While the exterior is a tame ember in comparison, the interior of the monastery's is a flamboyant explosion of ornamentation. Its complex echoing geometric surfaces make of it one of the masterpieces of Churrigueresque style. The most striking features include the tabernacle, constructed to a design by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, the church and the famous sacristy, built between 1727 and 1764 by Luis de Arévalo and F. Manuel Vasquez.^[1] The charterhouse displays an extensive collection of paintings, prominent among which the works of Fray Juan Sánchez Cotán.

I don’t particularly like baroque but I was impressed by the beauty and the workmanship. The sacristy is beautiful. Here is the door:

It’s beautifully crafted, and all the drawers for the priest’s vestments are made in the same manner.

I spent a pleasant afternoon there. I got a guided tour on my phone after scanning a QR code. Very 21st century!

We are still staying in Granada. Hubby will have his last treatment on Thursday. Since the weekend we are staying in a lovely hotel, rather than a cramped room. My sister and her husband came to see us and we had a lovely time.

This can be my ticket to the T-Party hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard. I’m drinking a Bitter Kas which is like a Campari soda without the alcohol.

I ordered a goat cheese salad, once we went inside to eat:

Very nice it was.

The next photo sees us waiting with our luggage for my sister and her husband to help us transfer to the hotel which was only a few hundred yards down the road.

This is a funny mug I found on the internet:

And finally some coffee:

The translation is: The day is yours, live it how you want. Good morning.

I have a bit of video of a rather crowded place we went to, but someone was playing a guitar on the street and the girls spontaneously started to dance. It was fun to watch.  I hope it works.

That is it from me today. It’s not easy to produce a blogpost on my iPad, and it seems the video didn’t come through. Oh well, I’ll keep trying. You never know….

Have a good week,

Keep smiling,

Happy T-Day,

Hugs,

Lisca