Granada — Living Our Dream

Granada, Spain
October 13th-17th
2016

Our Hostel in Granada was a private two bedroom - we even had our own bathroom. This is a luxury. We were living it up on a budget. We did not spend much time in here but it is an added comfort knowing we had a quiet place to come back to.. and a locked room for all of our belongings.

We brought our wine from Barcelona with us to drink while in Granada.

The common area inside our hostel was adorable and serene.

In honor of Taylor being back in Granada, we HAD to stop in and get CHURROs from the place she used to frequent from the days she used to live there.

We went on a walk though town and ended up at the Alhambra. Both of us had already visited the Alhambra (Taylor had multiple times) so we decided to hop on the little tram and listen to the tour guide remind us of its history before making our way back to town.

Once back in the city, we walked up and down the streets while deciding on a place to eat. There is always something happening around every corner. The building are so large and so close to each other, you can hear echos of music and chatter long before you happen to walk by.

For days and days before we made it to Granada, all Taylor and I could think about was Tapas Tapas Tapas. Granada serves food with every beverage you purchase - for the most part. It is amazing.

Poe ended up being our go to spot. We tried every option they had and made friends with the bartender.

Taylor and I had one last package we were sending back to the states. This packaging experience was one for the books. We walked into the post office with bags full of clothes and gifts ready to be packaged into a box and sent on its way. The woman helping us didn’t have a box to fit our things so she cut down a larger box into a smaller one. I took this picture before we walked out just in case we never saw our things again. *The box arrived a couple months after we returned to the states!!

We went on a walk to see a couple places Tay spent a lot of time in the past. We stopped for a photo with this beautiful view of the Alhambra behind us. We then walked past the school Tay used to attend and got signs with our names written on them. Of course we ended the journey with sangria and tortilla española.

We spent a little time at the hostel planning out the next couple days of our trip before we made it out for a drink.

We found an Irish Pub on our walk home and decided to have a pint. I wanted to see if it tasted any different than it did in Ireland. It tastes the same.

We spent most of the next day roaming the streets. This town is something special. Maybe because Taylor had lived here and I had visited it before. It was one of the most relaxing places of our trip. We weren’t constantly on the go trying to see what we could before we were leaving out again. We went with the flow and ended up having a great day and even better night!

Because you can NEVER have too many churros.

On this walk - we walked by a mural Taylor and I took a picture at 5 years ago. Too bad we both couldn’t recreate the picture from the past.

It seemed like we constantly ran into protests. We walked through this one the whole way back to our hostel.

After a little rest at the hostel, we headed back out for one last walk through the city and a quick bite to eat before our evening plans. We were SO excited to see Flamenco! The performance itself was beautiful and full of passion. A few people sitting at the table next to us ended up coming back to our favorite little tapas place for a nightcap.

This night was the perfect way to end our time in Granada. We needed a good nights sleep before our journey to Marseille!