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Here starts my travel for real. In Granada in Andalucia

I went to Granada to stay at a youth hostel I had seen good ratings about on the internet, but which had a weird name - Funky. It was pretty late when I arrived and at the moment I entered I went straight to the bar on the roof, swollowing a galleon of water while looking at an amazing view of the old town. As I was there two American guys walked in and we immediately started chatting. It became the begining of a really great stay. The one of the Americans was half Spanish and for the next couple of days I gave him order to choose all my food and alcohol. - And he picked well. I have had some great days with tapas, pealles, gazpacho and so on. You might say that he gave me an excellent introduction to Spanish food-culture

2nd stop - Granada

Anna Sofie Andersen
2006-08-21 17:57:08

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and the third I gave away to the must see tourist attraction number one in Spain - la Alhambra. It was all that I had thought it to be and reminded me a great deal of the Topkapi in Istanbul though a few hundred years elder. My camera was up most of the time and approx 300 times did I push the button. The Generalife Garden and Palace was my favorite. The flowers were everywhere and the watersprings placed beautifully in every free spot. Alhambra is detailed and not one corner has been forgotten. Every doorway must have taken years to make. The only sad thing is that tourists can go everywhere and it therefore becomes difficult to take a picture of this beautifull and peacefull place without some "I love bullfighting" - t-shirt in the way. But I managed and feel that of my 300 pictures only few of them were destroyed by other just as enthusiastic tourists as myself.

Favorite spot
The view over Granada from Alhambra and the view of Alhambra from Plaza Nicolas were two places that took my breth away. And to add to it, the gazpacho on the restaurant at Plaza Nicolas is really good and refreshing after the long walk upstairs. I think it was a highpoint for my days in Granada to overlook the city and Alhambra, for it often fascinates me to see a city from above. To get an overview and to discover that there is so much more of the city than the places we tourists like to wounder in. Maybe it is an idea from reading about the different mythologies of Europe. The idea of the Gods; Zeus, Wodan, Jupiter - all looking down towards MiddleEarth, to the places in which all these different cultures are represented. And even though I can't get into the true life of Granada, I can certainly look down on it and imagine what they are doing at that very moment.

I had felt lost in the world of bagpacking before and not ready to start again, but after arriving in Granada I now find myself ready to play the game and once more get on the road. I feel Granada has been a great and relaxing intro to my trip. But yet my heart is split for as I sit in Malaga after a nice shower and a new galleon of water I already feel that I miss the atmosphere of Funky and the people there. I wanna go back and stay like so many of the others, because for me as for them Granada has caught a special place in the heart.

Anna

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