Hotel Carmen Granada

Granada is a pretty crazy city, a mix of part Morocco, part Andalucia, part Jewish, toss in some tourists, tapas, and trendy shops and you´ve got a good city. When we arrived, we were fourtunate that our awesome hostel served dinner. Spanish meat (so yes, it was pig), cooked in a huge Paella-type pan with rice and some homemade sangria, and we thought we would never have to leave the hostel! (They had free breakfast and internet too). But, the ...

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... we ate a pretty interesting lunch. When they put it out none of us really knew what it was. It looked like some sort of dark meat sausage. Other people wanted to know what it was but I made sure no one told me and just dove right in. I’m happy I did because it tasted really good! Turns out it was blood sausage, sounds pretty gross but it’s actually yummy! I ate 2 of them and I’ll definitely eat them again if they’re served ...

... Alhambra told us about 2 spots so off we go….

First was Cartuja Church (17th Century) on the outskirts of town beside the University of Granada. The bus gets you to these places inside of 15 min. Later in the day, we bused to the old part of town, the Albayzin, with especially narrow streets twisting like spaghetti over the cap of a hill.

We were told to go to St. Nicholas, a church ...

... tinto verano and were given these Spanish Omelet sandwiches with ketchup and some white sauce on them. They weren't too bad, but kind of weird. I then got an Alhambra beer, Wiz got another tinto, and Rebeca got a Corona. The tapa that we got with it was meatballs with bread and french fries. They were pretty good too. The alhambra beer had a little bit of a bitter aftertaste, but did taste familiar. I couldn't place it ...

... too out in the open where i'll be arrested" place to sleep. there is a huge main cathedral in the middle of the little town and part of it was under construction, so i found a way through the fence and thought i had found a perfect and protected spot to crash when i heard a beeping and a tiny red light flashing. so naturally i booked it and about a block and a half away the alarms finally went off. im pretty ...

My flight arrived in Granada soon after 7pm, and from the moment I left the plane I could feel the difference between Andalusia and Catalonia. However, it wasn't all those typical southern Spanish things I came to see in Granada. Those were left for Seville! From the 13th to 15th centuries, Granada was the capital of the last Muslim kingdom in Spain, and even today it has the greatest Muslim legacy in the country, being home to one of the most magnificent ...

... intercambio is around 10 years old than me I think. She is studying medicine so she needs to learn english because all the medical books are in english. She also wants to go england for a rotation and work there so improving her english is very important to her. I think so far we have practiced more english than spanish because in my opinion I have many more opportunities to practice here than she does :) I experienced the 'night life' for the second time last night. I am sure some of ...

... pr*p** hungry. We *rd**ed a shitl*ad m*re f**d and be**s *f c*urse. Aft** a while, we m*ved *ff int* the alleys. We walked thr*ugh the *ld wall, and ended up at Mirad*r San Nic*las. It had great views *f the Alhambra and the sn*w c*v**ed Si**ra Nevadas. All ar*und, pe*ple w**e selling stuff, and the smell *f hash was in the air. Pe*ple w**e sm*king it like th**e was n* t*m*rr*w !!! Back walking again, we came acr*ss an area that was ...