So, without further adue (in order of appearance) we give you the low down on our Spain trip, thus far:
Granada
Well after arriving from Seville into Granada we were very happy with our choice of hostel. High about the hill within the Medina walls, very close to the Alhambra and complete with swimming pool. All for the bargin price of 12 euros a night!!! The first afternoon we made value out of the pool and watched the sunset eating an assortment of Spainish deli cuisine, such as Chorrizo Sausage, sun-dried capiscum and Alhambra beer! Day 2 saw Bec ´take one for the team´and rise bright and early to purchase tickets for the Alhambra, which we spent most of the day looking at. That afternoon we joined two fellow Australians as they had given us ´no way out´ for a Tapas crawl in downtown Granada. Day 3 saw us explore the city by foot, taking in an amazing walking tour and eating a fantastic Paella!
Our deli feast!!!
Inside the Palacio Nazaries at the Alhambra
At the lookout point, Alhambra behind us!
Madrid
After arriving into Madrid in the late afternoon, we had no time for siesta and headed straight to the Palaca and Royal Chapel. Determined to change Bec´s negative opinion of Madrid from her previous visit Jarratt rallied the troops and we spent a night eating a pretty ordinary Paella, drinking jugs of Sangria and dancing to bad music in an Irish pub.... needless to say it wasnt much of a success. Unrattled by the previous night Jarratt pushed on in showing Bec ´his´ Madrid and we made a beeline for the fantastic El Rastro flea market, which proved to be a great success since Bec was permitted to buy two EXTREMELY pretty spainish dresses!!! From there it was onward and upward as Jarratt let Bec slipped out of the oath to eat ONLY Spainish food and had Maccas, he instead ate what seems to have been his millionith Bocadilla. To close out an amazing day we bought pretty amazing seats to the Sunday evening Bull fight and continued onto the hostels pub crawl which commenced at the ridiculously late time of 12:30am!!! But it was a pretty fantastic night to which we lost most of the next day! Needless to say, Jarratt may have turned Bec´s opinion on its head!
At the Palace in Madrid.
Out and about partying in Spain!
Ole Torro!
Salamanca
The last two days have been spent in Salamanca, Spains famed university town. We have explored much of the city, had another great Paella, done some frog-spotting and spent much of our time Siesta-ing!
Yummo! Wow, right? Paella is AMAZING
Plaza Mayor, NOT John Mayer as J likes to call it!
Tomorrow we´re off to San Sebastian for some very expensive downtime!
Hasta luego Amigos!
1 comment:
Sounds great. Mum and Dad have left, looking forward to seeing you both.
Keep enjoying the rest of your holidays, bet you are eating and drinking heaps.
Talk soon.
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