24 Mart 2016 Perşembe

Granada (way better than the fruit itself)

                                                
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.

I'd definitely visit Granada again, maybe in summer it'd be better:)


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