We had an easy one and a half hour bus trip to Granada from Malaga. In no time we were in our hotel in the historic part of the city.
We set out to visit some of the great buildings but were caught by the afternoon siesta. Everywhere was shut. What we should have done is join the locals but we sat in a beautiful square and drank coffee and later looked through the shops of the old bazaar.
Finally everywhere was open again. We visited the Capilla Real - the Royal Chapel. This is the resing place of Ferdinand and Isabella who restored Christianity to Spain after defeating the Moors. We also visited the Granada Cathedral, begun in 1521 but not completed till the 18th century. With this schedule, the NSW government could keep pace! it was a beautiful building with excellent light, unusual stained glass windows and pure simplicity.
Later we went out for dinner in one of the local squares. Food only fair and annoyed by people selling lottery tickets, lighters etc and buskers demanding money. Other than that, a good night.
We are looking forward to seeing more of the city and visiting the Allhambra on Wednesday.
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You should have bought one of those lottery tickets you were offered, you could have extended your holiday!
We won lotto on Saturday. I'm afraid we're still not worth borrowing from as it was the huge sum of $59.10...
Maybe you should have bought a lighter and set fire to the buskers?
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