GRANADA

What a cute town! I flew to Granada last thursday and stayed with Leah, my friend from Pitt who is studying abroad there. Leah was on my trip to Israel and we had talked about visiting each other and I am so happy that it worked out!
I stayed at her Señora´s flat because her roommates were both out of town.
She was so sweet, but only spoke spanish so we didnt communicate that much. She didn´t really cook all weekend bc the other 2 roommates were outta town, but we did try some of her tortilla española... mom, your cooking skills far surpass any spanish madre´s and i cant wait to come home for some bomb mommio shapiro food, how bout a brisket sandwich?¿ haha
Thursday when i got there, Leah showed me around the main downtown area, we got some tapas at a place called Bella y Bastia and had a few drinks... in Granada the tapas just come free with a drink purchase! I wish it was like that in Barça.
Then we stopped back at her place to change to go out. We started at a chupitos bar called Dulce Vita where we met the bartender Paul. Paul pretended the whole night like he was a native Spaniard and it was only until we were leaving the club later that he admitted that he was from United States! But his Spanish was perfect because he had been living in Granada for 2 years.
After the shot bar we went to Granada 10, a club nearby that is in an old converted theatre.
Friday we met up with a group of Leah´s friends to do some hiking up the mountains... about 3 hours in total! It was cool bc one of her friends is this guy Justin from Granada who loves the outdoors and knew where to take us.
Leah and I went to the Arab baths after... WOW so relaxing, it was 7 different temperatures of hot tubs in a steam room (one was freezing cold) and then a massage after. Back to the flat for a siesta... gotta adopt the spanish lifestyle ya know?
That night we went to get some coffee, then out for tapas, met a cool waiter from Tunisia who taught me a lot of Spanish! and then to a little club called Havana where they played some good techno/hip hop. We met up with Leah´s Spanish friends Jose, Javier.. they are brothers.
Saturday I woke up at 7am to make it to the Alhambra at opening time to insure that i got a ticket, it was amazing to walk through a village that is that old! I also took a stroll through the Albaicín, the old Moorish part of town.
I met up with Leah for some lunch and we visited Capilla Real, where the crpyts of Ferdinand and Isabella are) and the Cathedral (their private church).
train back to barcelona at 9:30pm overnight! 12 hours total, but i slept the majority of it
Nate arrives tomorrow... i get to play tourguide all week and show off everything i know..
more later!!!

Granada, Spain