After the walk in the Albaicin, I continued with Jessica down the hill and saw some of the city center, including Plaza Nueva, the outside of The Cathedral which I would like to visit before my stay is over, and Plaza Bib-Rambla, where I took a picture of this fountain:
I've really been playing around with my camera options, and like the way this picture turned out, excpet that I wish the fountain was centered. My BIL Brian taught me a few tricks on how to take good pictures, so thanks Brian! Also in this plaza, I finally found a phone and was able to call my parents. During our stroll in the plaza, we saw a procession of some sort. I wasn't able to get a good picture, but it was a bunch of men dressed nicely carrying weird sticks. There was also a very ornate statue of Virgin Mary being carried by some men. I didn't ask questions. But the procession caused some street closures, so the buses weren't running. We caught a taxi home instead. We got home about 8:45. This seemed late to me, and in CA, if I got home at this time, I would call it a day, eat some take out and watch something on tivo. But not in Spain. In Granada, 9:00 pm is early, and is the time many restaurants open for dinner. So, at 9:30, Andrea and I left the house and went back to the city center for some drinks and tapas. Naturally, I had Sangria to drink. In Granada, the tapas are awesome because they are FREE! When you buy a drink, you get a tapa. Oh, and by the way, a class of Sangria costs between 1.50 and 2.50. I don't think I've seen Sangria for less than $5 in the US. Anyway, when you order a drink, you get a set tapa. Second drink, another, slightly better tapa. Some people stay at one place and get many rounds of tapas at the same place, and others go 'tapa hopping'. Here is a pic of the 2nd tapa, bread topped with chorizo and some sauce. I didn't like this tapa. I did like some of the others. The first was a slice of bread topped with a tuna salad mixture, served with olives. Also pictured below is my sangria. yummy! And, for proof that the prices here are cheap-o, a picture of a menu with white wine prices (ok, so its hard to see, but its about 1.50 euros for a glass of wine!).
They stop serving tapas at midnight, which is long enough for me. But, just as the tapa bars are closing, the bars begin to open. Anna's boyfriend is a DJ so we went to the bar he was spinning at. I was hesitant at first, but he played great music, lots of 80s. It is funny to see Spanish people dancing and singing American songs. We stayed at this place for quite a while. It was fun for me to watch the bartenders, who seem to have it much easier than bar tenders in the US. The beer selection is small, and when somebody order a rum and coke, all they do is put three cubes of ice in a class, pour in some rum, and crack open the coke bottle. Very interesting. Here I am with Anna and Andrea. Three girls from all over the world, drinking together in Granada, Spain. Pretty cool, I have to say.
We finally went home at 3am. Boy, I was exhausted. In Granada, you can smoke in the bars, and for some reason, this made me feel extra drunk, I think. Oh, and they don't just smoke cigarettes. They smoke pot too. I have never smelt so much pot in the span of a week. Now I know why a friend who studied here for a year smoked pot while in Granada. Its hard to avoid, although I plan to avoid inhaling it myself. I mean, I know people in CA smoke pot ( when I was and RA, I had a girl kicked out of the dorms for that!), but I've never encountered in in such a public place. I don't think I will stay out so late very many times during my stay. I'd much rather get up early and explore the city without the crowds. I'm weird like that.
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