Granada, Spain [Part 1]

Saturday, 18th August '12
Woke up this morning around 11 and walked around Granada for most of the day. I had a delicious full english at a cafe near my hostel.

From there, I found a tourist office and essentially walked the entire path a lady there told me to do. First I walked past the Cathedral, I didn't go in, and then walked on through Sacremonte. I got so lost, and wasn't even sure what I was looking for. Turns out for about an hour, I just walked around a random neighbourhood, looking for caves that I don't even know what.

I didn't know this when I walked through there, but Sacremonte is a unique Roma neighbourhood and apparently gypsies still live in the cave and try to demand money from you when you try to go in them. A girl at the hostel said, and I quote, "I wouldn't want to go their on my own." So, I consider myself lucky.

Afterwards my leisurely stroll took me through the centre of the town, I saw lots of pretty buildings, not entirely sure what they were (other than pretty) and made my way back to the hostel.

Once here I spent time on the internet, realising how super awesome IEM looked and wishing with all of my being that I'd been there. Ugh. Why am I never in the right place, at the right time. WHY UNIVERSE?

I'm rooming with Korea as well right now, and just decided to invite myself to their dinner festivities. It was the most frustrating thing to watch, as they were making pasta and everything they did couldn't be more wrong. For instance, they cooked the broccoli first before anything, cooked the pasta on the highest setting possible without putting any lid on the pot, added water to a sauce they didn't reduce, and then cooked said sauce, which had cream in it, also on the highest setting.

And yet it turned out fine and tasted good. My brain. It hurts. All these rules are lies made up by suspicious people! Anyway.

Tomorrow I am going to wake up at the crack of dawn and go to this massive palace place on a mountain. Apparently it's always super busy and so I have to try be there before 8 to try and get a ticket. Ugh. I am not looking forward to this. At all.

I decided to stay an extra day... maybe I'll go on Monday... Stay tuned bruzzas.