Morgan and Dave visited this last weekend. They are doing Semester at Sea and came in to port in Cadiz, Spain. We went to La Alhambra and visited the old Moorish and Christian palaces with them. It is absolutely beautiful! We had a great time showing them around the Alhambra and Granada. We went to Granada 10, a popular discoteca in Granada, and had a great time. We went to the club at 2 am and left well before the locals started to arrive (they go out around 3 or 4 am!) We enjoyed the Albyzin, the old moorish portion of the city, and enjoyed its view of the Alhambra. Their hostel had a rooftop pool and view of the city which was very nice for $16 dollars a night. We sampled various kinds of Sangria and found that we like them all, imagine that.
We had our first gypsy experiences while they were here. The gypsies here carry around branches at all time and offer to read your palm... then demand money in return. It is really a strange operation they have going on. The gypsies have been pushed out by a large group of Rastafarians in Granada, they are everywhere. They live in the caves behind Granada without electricity and running water. In my opinion I would much rather have the Rastas out than the gypsies, they are very friendly and cause very few problems.
We went to a local Cerveceria and watched a Spanish Futbol game on TV, it was quite an experience. The locals LOVE futbol, it was so exciting. Espana won by a long shot and it wasn't much of a game, but it was still very exciting :-
This is so fun and neat Jill. I'm excited. I just signed on so will be looking forward for more. I'm so glad for your adventure.
ReplyDeleteYay, I'm glad you found it! Ellen and I are going to Dublin, Ireland so I was going to email you and see if you knew of anything we had to do while we're there :)
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