Alhambra

    Our second day in Granada began early and we headed off to the Alhambra for our 8:30am entrance time. The Alhambra is a huge complex that includes gardens where the kings used to spend their leisure time and big palace type buildings where they sat and contemplated big decisions (I assume). I also have no idea if this beautiful collection of stones and mosaics is at all related to the water brand. We walked around for a while and enjoyed the prettyness of everything and luckily saw everything before it got to be too hot.

    After walking around the Alhambra, we took the bus home and had tapas and claras and sangrias in the plaza outside our hotel. In Granada, they give you free tapas with every drink you get. Brilliant idea. Speaking of brilliant ideas, I had one for what we should do with the rest of our afternoon. After lunch, we went to these old baths where you get into freezing cold water, and then boiling hot water and then a pool of just regular temperature water and enjoy the soothing atmosphere of the bath caves with soft music and candle light. As if this wasnt enough, in the middle of your bathing experience, a spanish gay man will come get you and say its time for your relaxing massage. It was one of the best massages I have ever had, and I have had a whopping two. But still, it was amazing and extremely relaxing and the best way to spend the afternoon. Pure genius. After enjoying our baths and saunas and overall relaxation paradise, it was time for us to leave. We went back to our hotel and fell right asleep because we were too relaxed to do anything else. 
     When we woke up, we went back to the cute little plaza where we had lunch the day before and enjoyed a nice dinner accompanied by claras and churros con chocolate (churro type donuts dipped in hot chocolate). We then headed home to pack up and prepare for yet another journey through Spain, next stop: Madrid.