Granada, España! Day 3 - 9/06/10

We got up early for La Alhambra which is a huge palace built in the 14th century. It is so big that after spending 4 hours there exploring the palace & gardens there were still things that we did not see! Every corner you turned there was something even more amazing there. The thing I like the most about La Alhambra was the walls and how intricate everything was. There were carvings and bright tiles everywhere you looked. I can’t imagine how much time went into building this!

I also love the Palacio de Generalife which was a summer palace for the kings in the 1300s. The palace overlooks the cathedral and la Alhambra and is just a short walk through gorgeous gardens and tall hedges with openings overlooking Granada. I can’t really describe how amazing this place is I’ll be posting a lot of pictures once I can get to some good wifi & have the time. So you’ll just have to wait :)

After spending the morning at La Alhambra we headed to a bar nearby and had some tapas & lunch – it was really good after that we had a nice siesta (nap) and took advantage of what the Spaniards do! That evening after our siestas we got ready to head for some drinks before sunset to watch it set one more time over La Alhambra. We took the bus to an area called Plaza de San Nicolas where we were told was a very nice area to watch the sunset. We wandered around the area (which was very small) and found an outdoor restaurant called Juan Ranas and enjoyed our company & drank sangria while the sun set.

Once it got dark we headed back into the town and we headed back into town to grab some dinner. Over the past few days I’ve gotten so used to eating dinner around 9 or 10 - or even later like almost everyone in Spain does. We found a really nice restaurant and then headed back to the hostel to drop off the girls who wanted to stay in for the night.

Maria, Sarah & I took advantage of our last night in Granada. We went bar hopping for a few drinks then ran into 2 guys at an Irish pub who recommended a “disco” around the corner. One of the guys names was Romeo which we all got a kick out of!! Romeo did not speak English at all so Maria was our translator once again and his friend (I think his name was Ismial) did.

Well anyway the 5 of us walked around the corner to the disco – and because it was a Monday night it was pretty dead but it was still a blast. Romeo was an amazing dancer! It was like the stuff you see on the movie step up – I tried dancing with him but oh my god I could NOT keep up! Haha We ended up hanging out with the boys till about 3 or 4 then they left and we headed back to the disco so we could keep on dancing .. It was so much fun. We didn’t end up getting back to the hostel until about 6 AM that night!