Granada
Trip Start
Aug 06, 2007
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Trip End
Nov 22, 2007
Granada,
Andalusia,
Spain and Canary Islands
Monday, November 5, 2007
We headed out from Madrid in the morning on a 6 hour bus ride to Granada in Southern Spain. We arrived in the afternoon around 4pm. The weather was fantastic. a little warmer than Madrid although the weather in Spain is great always. Our Hostel was called Funky Backpackers and was quite funky. We had a tiny room to ourselves in a very sqeeky bunkbed. The Hostel also has a bar on roof with some nice views of town. We had a quite night sitting in the bar drinking a couple of local beers. The following day (6th Nov) we got up early to go to the Alhambra which is a very important historical Palace in SPain as it is the best preserved Muslim 'city' outside od the Middle East. A little History, Spain was actually run by Muslims for a few centuries and Granada still has many buildings with this style of Architecture. The Alhambra is fantastic. The main Palace there is so well decorated. The Gardens around the Palace are beautiful. WE really enjoyed the visit there and luckily it wasn't as busy as we expected. It gets so busy that you have to pre reserve tickets online otherwise you have to stand in line and might not necesarily get a ticket. After the Alhambra we headed back down the hill and to our Hostel for a Siesta before heading up the rooftop bar for some Paella and Snagria. We met some other Backpackers and then went on a Tapas tour. Granada is known for its Tapas culture and most bars you go to give you a free Tapas with every drink that you buy. so basically a little place of something. We had Prawns, little ham and cheese things, the most yummiest grilled squid to name a few and they were all free with a purchase of a beer. I LOVE TAPAS. The meaning of the word Tapas is actually cover as back in the day bar tenders would put bread on top of a customers drink to keep the flies out and it become a Tradition. You don't put them on your glass now, you just get a plate on the side. The next day we walked around the town, Granada is very pretty. There is a street that has lots of Middle Eastern styled shops and Tea houses. We went to a Tea House and has some really nice spicy tea. Again at night we went to the rooftop bar and met the people we had met the day before and we decided to do the Tapas tour again we loved it so much and now we knew were to go, we took some new Backpackers aswell. We had a great night and went to a couple of bars and got back at 3am so a great night was had by all. once again i Love Tapas. Granada was great, mainly because of the free Tapas. Did i tell you that i love Tapas. Next stop Seville
