Day 1
So there I was in a bus station in Granada Spain. Risking Hypothermia by spending the night on the evil seats of perpetual discomfort. With the coldest hours before dawn upon my shivering body.
Ah a memory of my trip to cherish forever.
At around 7am we left the bus station in need of defrosting and real sleep.
We caught a bus into the city centre and went to find some accommodation. During out search we met a couple of English guys who were also looking for a place to stay. We followed them and it lead us to an oasis. The oasis backpackers. They offered us the free breakfast when we arrived and I napped on a couch while they checked if they had space for us.
They did and I had a lovely well needed hot shower and snooze.
At around 7pm I went for a walk with one of the guys we met in the morning.
We went up the cobblestoned lanes of the backstreets behind the hostel. It’s called El Albayzin and it was up hill but not too bad. Found a nice area with fountains and a play area.
Then went back down and I found an ATM that eventually worked for me. I was quite worried that I wouldn’t be able to get cash and be stranded with no money. But it worked! so feeling cashed up I wanted to find a supermarket. A nice random stranger from the street showed me the way.
Day 2
My little gherkin and I went for a walk around the streets of Granada. We went into a church and past the cathedral but I was more entertained by seeing a store named yellow rat bastard, it just has a lovely ring to it!
I needed a European plug adaptor and eventually found a hardware store to buy one at (they seem to be the cheapest place).
For food we got a whole bunch of veggies at a stall and then went to the supermarket for a sauce. They didn’t have any real stir-fry sauce so we just bought a random bottle and it was delicious!
Later went for food at El Piano, I remember previously seeing it when Happycow had listed it (they have a branch in the UK) but I never thought I would end up there. Funny how that works out. Anyway it is awesome. The food is served in little wooden boats and you pick 4 items for €3.
Day 3
We got up at 6.30am for the whole reason we came to Granada. La Alhambra! We had to get up before sparrow fart and walk up hill as quick as we could to hopefully
get tickets. We lined up in the credit card line as we had been told it is faster. The gherkin was gonna use his as it is actually a credit card, but his doesn’t
have a micro chip or pin so we ended up using my debit card. Thankfully it worked.
It was just after 8am when we got the tickets and we had a palace entry time of 9am so we went to find that first. It didn’t help that they don’t seem to give out maps there. Also not good was that it started raining, hard!
At least we were mostly covered inside the palace, it was amazing stuff. Big, old, ornate and historical. It has Moorish architecture with ponds, fountains, gardens and arches.
After the palace we went to the toilet block and hung out longer than we should’ve just because it was dry. There we ran into the guys from the hostel. So we continued our tour with them.
Saw lots of fortress (the Alcazaba), a church and the gardens (the Generalife) while the rain continued to pour down. I didn’t let that stop me from taking lots of photos.
We left at 2pm and as soon as we did the rain stopped, the clouds cleared and the sun came out. Typical!
We stopped for food at a Chinese place that since it was in Spain did tapas. It was pretty cool as I got a drink and some noodles for less than €2. They
actually recommend doing a pub crawl for food here, excellent!
Day 4
Today was an easy day, mostly looked at the shops in the city. In a supermarket we came across something to amuse us. The funny item was bimbo brand bread. Hmm get some bimbo buns and combine with himbo hotdogs and you could have quite a satisfying meal…
Another thing I was entertained by were the questions on the tag that the hostel put on our bunk beds. Not sure that criminal history space is big enough…
It was a good hostel, met some good people too. My fave was a lovely Ivy League educated young man who bought me an avocado (I’m so easy for my fave fruit). The gherkin liked him because he asked him if he wanted to have sex with him (he wasn’t a fruit, just proving a point). And we (well ok not me) got merrily drunk.
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