La Ladrona de Mi Vida

I have returned and recovered from a great weekend in Granada. No set back, no troubles, just me and the beautiful city of Granada. I couldn't be happier. Granada is a beautiful city in the south of Spain. Its a perfect mix of nature, culture, and visually stimulating sites.

I arrived in Granada Friday afternoon after what I would call a very successful night in Madrid. It was Brittany's and Sheila's going away party. We went on a bar crawl which is a great way to spend a night. You pay the sum of 10 euros(the first time), I was upset about that until I learned that in every bar we got a free shot and drink deals, so rather good investment.

As you all now how a bar crawl works/night of drinking I need not to explain. A couple interesting affairs. We wound up at a transvestite bar, quite interesting and fucking terrifying at the same time. At the second or third bar I met a very nice bar tender. No that I think back on the night, im sure that the bar tender was laughing and talking to me because I was trying to hit on her in Spanish. Maybe not the best idea but it sounded good at the time.

After the whole night out, I made it to the bus station early that morning. Everything still in quite a haze, found my seat on the bus and passed out immediately on the seat in front of me. Didnt wake up until the bus came to a jerking stop at a rest area. I woke up and was immediately disappointed, I was still drunk and felt disgusting.

After another hours or so I finally arrived in Granada. Luckily when I stepped outside it was beautiful, warm and sunny. I opted to do some exploring before finding my hostel. Found some ice cream and a park and relaxed. I dont know if I have mentioned this before, if so to bad you have spend your time reading it again. THe display if ice cream here in spain in a completely unique art form.

Something about the display of colors, flavors, and well over all presentation. I turn into a drooling three year old who begs his mom for some. Best part is I dont have to beg anyone, I just accept the fact that I should experience every flavor in every store. Though Granada was a short trip, I believe I purchased eight ice cream cones.

Next travel to my hostel which is up a small street with local vendors and bars. It was so realiving to have a break from the juge city and see self run stores, handmade crafts and fresh herbs. One thing that caught my eye was the various hookah bars throughout the city.

If anyone every winds up in Granada stay at the Oasis Backpacker's Hostel. Such a nice place, friendly staff, set up well to meet others traveling and you receive a free welcome drink. After checking in, I proceeded to take another walk since I was being gifted with sunshine(It was supposed to rain all weekend).

I felt the need to get familiar with the city and to find little interesting things that can easily be missed. Luckily I know of one great way to do this, go get yourself completely lost and find your way back. One of the first thing that I stumbled upon was the mirador de San Nicolas.

This is a truly magical spot. You get to ponder on all of the best sites of Granada in one. You are directly across from the Alhambra witnessing it's absolute magnificence, stare at the Sierra Nevada hovering over the Alhambra in the background, view the rest of the city and all of it's surrounding nature.

This is were I spent most of my free time, sitting, watching, loving. Another plus is I always sat and listened to the locals play flamenco style guitar. Later I found out that its actually illegal for them to play and sell items in San Nicolas because they dont have a permit.

I found this out when the cops showed up and all of the locals grabbed everything and were gone in about two seconds.

Not much else happened this time around, I just got to relax and enjoy the views of a truly beautiful city, one that I could easily live in for many years. Wait thats a lie, I went to the Alhambra which is absolutely magnificent. I will post pictures for all you to ponder if you wish