Traveling in Granada, Spain

On my second day I decided to leave Malaga for some traveling in Granada, Spain and started out with a two hour bus ride. You may never know it unless you have been here but southern Spain is very mountainous which made the ride to Granada great (minus our crazy driver that seemed to want to see how fast he could take a turn without the bus actually flipping onto its side).

Granada, Spain is a beautiful town and I quickly decided to spend more than a few days here. I arrived on a whim from Malaga with no initial intention to visit this city but with so many fellow travellers recommending it, I had to see what it was all about. The first day here was no picnic though. At first I was lost for quite some time trying to find my hostel and once found, my room flooded out about two hours after check in from the unit above mine so in came the contractors for the remaining day. To make things even more fun, the A/C unit was broken too which may not have bothered me too much but that night was the hottest it had been in Spain so far and I don’t think it got much lower than 85 degrees in the room until about 3AM – yay.

On the plus side, I found out that the bars and restaurants in Granada serve free Tapas every time you purchase a drink so I’ve been eating for free at almost every meal while I try out the local brews. I’ve also met some great people here including many locals, one of whom took a few of us to the local clubs and bars. As many of you know, its quite normal in Spain to start your night out around 11PM for dinner and to go out afterwards so I guess it should be no surprise that we didn’t leave the club we were in until 7AM while many were still in there carrying on. I think the funniest thing was the fact that our group made up the only foreigners in the place yet more American music was playing than anything else, some of it was even from the 80’s! (Picture 100s of Spaniards dancing to Michael Jackson). Oh, and even when leaving the club at 7AM, you can still find local street vendors open for food (think delicious Kebabs and Falafels)!