November 5, 2007

Leslie and I got up early Monday morning, out to have café con leche, croissant and fabulous OJ (which I accidentally ordered). We hiked around, taking many pictures. I bought her a single red rose, at the urging of a weird guy who walked out of a flower shop (the Hotel Abadia clerk later gave us a nice little blue vase for it). While shopping for post cards, a little old lady pointed out a specific card in the display rack, then led us around the corner and pointed up the hill. We followed her suggestion, meandering around until we ended up on a hilltop at an outdoor café, near a church. We ordered sangria (the best one of the trip) and Alhambra 1925 beer in a cool green bottle and were given our first free tapas! The whole experience was great and a wonderful introduction to Granada. Hannah met us at our hotel at 14:30 and escorted us to the Los Italianos sidewalk gelato shop (many beautifully displayed and delicious flavors). Gelato became a staple of our daily diet. Hannah took us to the Cathedral of Granada and was quite the tour guide, followed by shopping. Later we did our 1st drinks/tapas/dinner/bar-hopping, another staple of our daily diet.