Granada

 Another morning began with a walk to the bus. Luckily yesterday, we only had one other stop before starting our day trip. 

Granada is about 3 hours by bus. We had to make a stop coming and going and the rest stop was unreal. There was a Burger King but the entire thing was so contemporary looking it seemed futuristic compared to the Thruway and Mass Pike stops we all know and not so much love. It was so clean and the staff we’re dressed more appropriately for a hotel restaurant than a rest stop. 

We got to Granada and were given almost 2 hours to wander and get lunch. Basically that’s a rushed lunch for Spain. The day before we got lucky and got street food so we could use our time for shopping. We found a restaurant and ordered a few things which came in enough time but we had to chase the waiter to pay so we could make it back to the bus. We ordered fried eggplant, gazpacho, solmorejo (a different cold soup), and pork Cutlets. 

After getting back on the bus we went up the hill (mountain?) by bus to the Alhambra. We spent 2.5 to 3 hours touring the gardens and then eventually the mosque (that was also converted to a church at one point) and the palace. Everything was gorgeous. It was interesting that the Moors who built everything originally believed that only God could be perfect so they would design imperfections into the spaces not designed for worship or to honor God. 

After the tour, we took another ride home with another stop at the rest stop and got to our hotel at 930 or so. We ran a few quick errands in the neighborhood and went to bed.