Yeh its terrific - the generaliffe - the gardens and the ruins of the 16th century palace. Just love it.

I remember talking about the place to this guy I was teaching with in Derby - fancied himself as a bit of a Muslim fundamentalist.

He was saying how the Koran forbad depictions of gods creations. I thought about this for a bit, then one day I said to him - what about the Lions around fountain at the Alhambra - rumoured to be the greatest piece of Muslim architecture in the world.

He thought for a minute and then said, they shouldn't be there - you know!