Travels throughout the south of Spain! By Rebecca Hahn

Andalucia:

Although Sevilla is by far my favorite city in Andalucia, and I am so lucky to live here, there is no way you can miss the other Andalucian towns and monuments.

Ronda is one of the most beautiful and unique towns I have visited. Only 2 hours on bus from Sevilla, it is a totally different world. It's built around a gorge right on the cliffs, and this makes for beautiful pictures. You can walk down into the gorge, which is a nice hike after eating some delicious chicken with almond sauce tapas, and there you have wonderful views of the town above you surrounding the gorge. You can go visit one of the oldest Plaza de Toros (bullrings), old Arabic baths, many interesting museums, wine tastings, and the old Moorish King's house that has a water mine you can climb down and end up in the bottom of the gorge. You can really do all of this in a day, but they also have cheap hotels, and everything in the town is easily within walking distance.

Cordoba is also an amazing city with cobblestone streets everywhere. The old fortress (Reales Alcazares) has beautiful gardens. You also don't want to miss the amazing Mezquita (Mosque), which was turned into a Cathedral when the Muslims were overtaken.

It is definitely not something you want to miss. It's truly amazing to wonder how it was sitting through a service in the14th century in such a beautiful creation, and it's also surreal to wonder how long it took to build something so huge and with the most intricate details way back then.

Granada is a city in Andalusia that houses the incredible Alhambra, the old palace and fortress of Moorish rulers that was built in the 14th century. It felt like we were walking through the old Moorish town because we walked down the roads that messengers rode down on their horses to warn the King of an attack. It sits on a hill in Granada, so you can see the whole city which is beautiful. You also don't want to miss the neighborhood of the Albayzin, the old Muslim area that is built on a hill. It's nice to walk up the hill and see all of the extremely old buildings and also have a view of the Alhambra from down below.

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London: A Tourists Guide

It was my first day at work today in London, and having lived here for the past two year, definitely worked to my advantage as I knew what, where and how I wanted to photograph life in London and it's subcultures. London is a place of diverse backgrounds. This is what makes it such a cosmopolitan city and keeps it being different from other large capital cities around Europe.

If you are in London there is a good chance, you are going to find what you are looking for - even if it come with a hefty price tag. Today, I spent the day roaming the steerts in search for good subject matters to photograph. I found these two gentlemen, on the road to Buckingham Palace, alongside Green Park.

I figured they would capture a subject, which anyone could associate London with, these are two of the queens guards, made famous by Hollywood - they are a iconic tourist attraction; whom endless amount of people have taken photographs beside. These guards, secure the surrounding premises of the Queen of Englands treasures and residential areas.

Yes, they are not allowed to move - unless advised to by higher authority or the end of a shift.

The Doors of Dublin

For my last blog, I have decided to cover the diversly colored, structured, designed doors of Dublin, you are able to find hundrds of different doors in Dublin. Plenty of which, open differently, have their handles in different place and are of different color, material and whatever else you could think of could seprate one door from another. This is just one of the doors I photographed, you can find post cards of the different doors of Dublin, which make great, greeting cards when you are traveling and would like to send a little bit of your experience back home to your family.

Porterhouse: Inside an Irish Pub

When people think of Ireland, they mostly think of Oscar Wilde, Rugby, St. Patricks Day, and Guinness.

What people tend to overlook, is that Guinness isn't the only stout brewed in Ireland. Porterhouse is a chain of pubs, which brews their own stout in their respective pubs.

Taste wise it isn't much different from Guinness, it still has that, thick, creamy texture - with a bit more bittersweetness. If you aren't much of a stout drinker, they serve an array of other alcoholic beverages. From personal experience, their hot scotch is very good. Come in, sit down, have a drink, have a meal, have a laugh.

National Gallery of Ireland

The national Gallery of Ireland houses plenty of Irish and British art. It is located in the centre of Dublin and can be entered from Merrion Square.

It isn't as big or as popular as other museums such as the Prado in Madrid or the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Nonetheless the museum has a few paintings and works by reknown artists such as Pablo Picasso,Claude Monet and Rembrandt.

Phoenix Park

The largest park in Dublin, situated on the North side of the city, and is approximately a 30 minute walk from the city centre.

Once you have reached Phoenix Park, it won't take you long to spot the one of the many deers roaming freely in the park.

Alternatively, you could bring some buddies and play a game of rugby, tour the park on a horse chariot, visit the Dublin Zoo, or bring along some snacks and drinks and have a picnic if the weather agrees. It is located approximately 3 km from the city centre.

Oscar Wilde's House/American College Dublin

This was the old house of Oscar Wilde, the poet, writer and wit. He lived here between the years of 1855-1878.

It has now been converted to the American College, Dublin - like many other things become American in due time.

There isn't much to see here, as you are not allowed to go in, although it is still a very popular tourist spot for taking posing by the door and having your picture taken.

The building overlooks Merrion Square Park, which is a rather small park, nonetheless priceless on a sunny, dry summer day. It also hosts a statue of Oscar Wilde sitting on a rock.

As for the American College Dublin itself, it teaches English courses to people who want to learn English. Great place to learn it, as it is the first language in Ireland and not Irish.