A day in Granada

Chelsea and Alex's Date Day

After waking up pretty late Alex and I decided to go roam around the city and get lost. We headed toward Plaza Nueva, which is the main tourist center in the city. Plaza Nueva is lined with vendors and restaurants that sell tapas and different souvenirs.

We passed Plaza Nueva and followed the river that runs through Granada up a cobblestone street toward the outskirts of the city. The river has beautiful arch bridges and historic buildings around it. Also a lot of stray cats drinking water and lounging in the shade the trees provide.

After following the cobblestone streets around a bend in the road we came across the most amazing view of the Alhambra up on a hill. We decided to stop for lunch at one of the many restaurants that lined the streets and ate an amazing meal while taking in the view.

Alex was very pleased with the discovery of his meal. Its called a Shawarma or as we like to call it, a Spanish style burrito. Its the closest thing they have to a burrito in Spain. It's a kebab wrapped in a tortilla with lettuce, really good sauce, and chicken. Probably one of the best things we have had here, and it was as big as Alex's arm.

Also, this little guy hung out with us through out the entire meal (Jessica FYI Isis followed me to Spain), and a very talented street performer was playing beautiful music on a flute/recorder.

After enjoying our meal and cervezas we carried our adventure on up the cobblestone street further away from the city central. We came across a huge hill and got almost halfway up when we stop to debate on whether to turn around. Just then we heard English coming from behind a wall. I took another step further and saw an old little door opening into a huge beautiful garden.

The English speakers I heard was a family and the dad was actually wearing a Chargers jersey. They were just leaving so me and Alex ignored them and went to explore this secret garden. We were literally the only ones in there. It was AMAZING. Here are some pictures...

After exploring for a good while we headed back to Plaza Nueva, got some gelato and walked the 5 minutes back to our house. Overall this day was an amazing experience. I am so thankful I get to live and explore this gorgeous city. :)