Adios Granada: A Final Farewell

Well, we're going to keep this short and sweet because some of us have been traveling and traveling for 2 weeks and are EXHAUSTED.

But, today was a great day!!!
First of all, we decided it was probably a good idea to not really get out of bed until...like...noon. We were so tired and still de-thawing from our day at the Alhambra yesterday, plus we didnt want to be out in the cold too long before our Arab bath appointment at 6pm.

We walked around the shopping district...and shopped of course...then made our way to this pretty little plaza called Plaza Nueva which has a bunch of restaurants and is kind of the main hang out of the city. Can we just discuss how the food in Granada has been SO GOOD. Everywhere else we have been the food has been kind of weird or just plain not good (except the mushroom tapas and calamari rings in Madrid. I will never talk ill of you my loves)...but Granada, everything we have had has been SO good. So today we stopped at this realllllly cool restaurant that basically reeked of "Esther". It was all in black and white swirly modern prints everywhere, and then had vintage chandeliers and pretty old pictures up too...I swooned. We had a HUGE 2 course meal for only 13 euro each, and it was so so so good. We couldnt move afterwards. Amazing.

Anyway, enough about food. After lunch we took the bus up to the viewpoint of the city called San Nicolas. It had an AMAZING viewpoint of the Alhambra and the entire city. SO beautiful up there. The bus ride up and around there was amazing too because everything around there is really old and has the same Moorish architecture as the Alhambra. All these cute little houses, courtyards, doors, archways...such a sweet bus ride. Except sometimes I thought we were going to die and I would say "oh my God!", and then I would see the bus driver laugh. It was pretty funny.

Ok, NOW the baths. Oh man. We had the BEST time. We each paid 25euro for a 75 minute "bath" and a 15 minute massage, and they give you towels and a locker and everything. So its kind of like a spa, EXCEPT sweeter. Once you get inside, it looks just like the old baths we saw at the Alhambra with 8 pools of different temperatures each (all like mini little hot tubs without the bubbles) and then a pool with cold water that you go into in between each warm bath. And it was all warm in the entire place, so you could just wander around in your bathing suit without being cold. And then they call your number for your massage...which was really just like a lovely backrub with oils...and your all relaxed and love life. And then they have the most DELICIOUS Moroccan tea EVER in this little nook...oh man, we were in heaven.

except...and this was a big except. Pretty much everyone else there were these cute young couples our age cuddling and kissing and being cute in all the pools...and it just made us miss our boyfriends a lot. As if we didnt already, right?

Some favorite moments of mine:
-way too old and too fat to be wearing that polka dot bikini lady
-obviously its appropriate for the old scraggly lady to take her top off in the coed shower in the bath area
-of course we had to have a speedo or two. At least THEY weren't old and icky.
-the couple full on making out in bath #1
-the couple full on making out in bath #2
-you get the idea.

After our lovely and relaxing bathing session, we walked all the way home, stopping for a sweet on the way. We just discovered this sweet shop by our APARTMENT...so naturally we have been stopping there everyday to get a sweet. We might just be in love.

So yeah, another horrid day in Granada. hehe

Tomorrow we train it to Madrid and arrive in the afternoon. We might try and hit a museum we didnt have time for, or might shop some more, but will be for sure ending our final night in Spain eating more mushroom tapas, calamari rings, and drinking our last sangria.

All our love from Granada!
-Esther (and Alyssa in the bathroom)