It was a bit awkward, switching from a train to a bus for the last leg of the trip, and the bus, dear ones, was very tight - I mean, I'm above average in height for a woman and my knees may be bruised. It got exciting when the lady in front of me reclined her seat a few inches. So, after 1 1/2 hours on a tight bus, it was a relief to finally arrive in Granada, which by the way is a full size small city with bus service, tram service, traffic, industry, the works.
Thank goodness Steve had his transit app (MoovIt). He didn't get frustrated, just opened the app and found out how to get to our AirBnb. Because we had 1 1/2 hours to wait until our apartment was available for check-in, we found a great little cafe called Cafeteria le Duce (using Trip Advisor app) and had our first actual meal of the day since rushing for the train and then the bus. At that point, we walked looking for the bus stop and finally said "oh, heck, let's take a taxi". This is what we saw when we exited the taxi.
Thank goodness Steve had his transit app (MoovIt). He didn't get frustrated, just opened the app and found out how to get to our AirBnb. Because we had 1 1/2 hours to wait until our apartment was available for check-in, we found a great little cafe called Cafeteria le Duce (using Trip Advisor app) and had our first actual meal of the day since rushing for the train and then the bus. At that point, we walked looking for the bus stop and finally said "oh, heck, let's take a taxi". This is what we saw when we exited the taxi.
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| Actually taken from our entryway, looking up hill. |
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| Down hill is a large outdoor cafe and a wall next to the small river. This is the view from that wall. The Alhambra in all it's glory.
As much as I like this apartment, the wifi is not very strong, maybe not enough bandwidth. So, more photos will probably be uploaded from our next stop, Seville. (Now I owe you the Thyssen museum/Botanical Gardens and the Alhambra.) Wednesday, we take possibly the last tour available of the Alhambra and the Generalife Gardens at 5pm for 3 hours with an actual human guide! Yes, apparently you have to book a month in advance for tickets and we booked from the Bus Station in Granada for tomorrow; we were SO lucky. (Our host was going to book the tickets and then emailed that we would have to physically go to the Alhambra to get them. We weren't feeling lucky. They only allow a certain number per day.) The price for these tickets was our punishment for not booking a month ahead. Oh, well. You only live once and this might be our last time here in Granada. Carpe diem!
Two nights in Granada in our apartment in the historic district. Then, on to Seville just for one night to see the city by day and night before going on to wherever we decide to go. Hmmm... We have some thinking to do.
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