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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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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

What I couldn't escape and must fortunetly wouldn't miss in a lifetime was the eightfinals of the 2006 Worldcup. Every night the entire hostel was gathered in the bar screaming for and against the penalty shot by Italy or the yellow card to Pablo or
sometimes you get lost and find small pieces of art not discovered beforethe goal by Beckham. Aussies, Britts, Americans, Italians, French and a guy from Malaysia. All did we bond around the tv betting rounds on overtime and so forth. While the days past infront of the tv and the nights at different bars with cheap shots and terrible music the days went by playing soccer, getting lost and taking pictures. I truly enjoyed the company of my new American friends and had many a talk on soccer. I know that real travelling is to get underneath the culture of a country, underneath the surface, but it has been my first stop and it is difficult to find true Spanish culture in a place like Granada in the summer season. But it didn't matter much to me for the hostel was amazing and the company in topclass. I will treasure the memories of Funky for a long time to come.

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