La Alhambra

La Alhambra was one word AMAZING. It was so beautiful to see and there were a lot of details in the buildings. The only disappointments that I had were that the main fountain was under construction and that none of the fountains were actually on. For this place to reach its maximum awesomeness the fountains needed to be on. For those of you who do not know what the Alhambra is you should Google it and see for yourselves. As for the rest of Granada, I loved it!! The city is absolutely charming. Me and the family tried to walk the claimed ’15 minutes’ to the center of the city (by the concierge). After about 20 minutes in the heat we took a bus. That is when we realized that we were only half way to the city. So the so-called 15-minute walk was at least a 40-minute walk. One thing that I will not miss from Spain is their ‘approximations.’ Everything is majorly underestimated. That night in the city we found a restaurant and watched the Spain versus Paraguay and we won! It was fun to see the people cheering in the streets. I really wanted to go back to the hotel, while David wanted to go out into the city. If there is anything that I have learned about myself in Spain is that I do not like crowds, I do not like to drink, and I definitely do not like crowded bars. They are not fun for me. I would honestly have a better time at home without the chaos. Also in Granada I was able to ride my very first double decker bus, which was a little bit miserable. It was really hot in Granada (not as much as in Sevilla) and those buses are not air conditioned. Gildi was so hot after lunch that she and Marshy took a taxi back to the hotel. But, me and David wanted to explore the city some more, so we walked around some. To be more cost efficient and to see more of the city we decided it would be best to take the double decker bus back to our hotel. What a mistake. It was so hot and there was not any shade anywhere. Also our bus driver stopped to talk to his buddies on the way to our stops for at least 15 minutes at each stop. This really frustrated me a lot. They were trying to recruit people onto the bus and would not leave the stop until they had gotten a certain number of people. I wanted to scream at the people who were buying tickets and tell them not to waste their money because they make you wait to long in the heat. We did eventually make it back to the hotel, but it probably took us 6x longer. Oh well. Live and Learn.