Colours,
street musicians on every corner, huge churros, orange trees, an accent that
I'm not familiar with...
Pueee, vamoo
a empezar....
Right after
we're done with the training I headed to Granada with Alenka and Valentina
after 3 hours of sleep accompanied by a pair of tired feet. Partying is a bad
thing kids:p
Anyway, we
said our "See you soon!"s to our friends and got on the bus. I kind
of fainted and took a well-deserved nap. Smooth...
But finding
the place that we were going to stay was not easy, we missed our stop and one
thing led to another. It was close to the center though. I can easily say that
local transport in Granada is kinda complicated for someone who's never been
there. There are different lines like in underground and you need to take two
different buses to go to the center from the bus station (we took 3 :D). Well,
at least that was our way to reach to the center. There must be a shorter way.
So, the
worst part is coming... We arrived in our igloo. For those who can live without
heating it is such a lovely and old house. But I'm one of those people who are
cold 7/24 and can't get warm until summer comes. Also, our flat is warm all the
time and I'm not used to sleeping with 3 sweaters and 2 socks on. But they told
me that in Andalusia it's hard to find a house with a heating system. How is
that even possible? 0_0 At night, even
though we're in March it gets really cold and there's not much difference
between Granada and Illescas regarding the temperatures. We even had an
electricity problem because I left the heater on:/ Needless to say that there
was no hot water. That water heater should be called "water
heaterishy" When you just finish washing your hair it instantly gets cold
again. So, before getting in the shower you have to decide which part is
dirtier. You can't have it all:P
These things
were bearable just because we stayed there for 2 nights. So, if you plan to go
to Granada and end up searching for a place on Airbnb, I can give you a name
"highly not recommended"
Okay, now
the best part...
Alhambra of
course!
You should
definitely visit here when you're not so tired. We took a free walking tour
right before heading to Alhambra. So it was extra tiring but definitely worth
it. I was touring alone because Alenka and Valentina had different kinds of
tickets (The tickets that let you visit all parts of Alhambra were sold out
when I decided to buy one)
I enjoyed
every minute of it! Nature and history blended. It's so big that they give you
a map at the entrance so that you don't get lost. There are also museums and
souvenir shops inside. My favorite part was "Alcazaba" where the view
is fascinating. I didn't find the gardens that impressive though.
Other than
visiting Alhambra, you can stroll around the city center listening to some cool
music on the streets, try churros granadinos (they are bigger than the ones I
tried in Illescas and Malaga), get free hugs (yeah it happened haha) or just
get lost in the crowd.
