Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Day 5 Granada

Jody and I overslept..... missed running group..... missed MCS group breakfast..... missed bus to Mass at the Granada cathedral.  However, we did have a fabulous breakfast with other tour groups in the hotel and we did make it down to the cathedral just after Mass started.

After Mass parents and their children were able to spend the afternoon together.  Sophie and I joined the Tomas family (Andy, Carol, and son Kevin) for a walking tour of old Granada.  We rambled around the thin cobblestone winding streets uphill to the caves where the Gypsys live.
Along the way we enjoyed the view of the city and the Alhambra, this was very much out of the tourist section and a much better experience of daily life.  I was wanting Moroccan food and we stopped at a small place for Hummus and moroccan bread - yummy and very different and better than Costco hummus.  Just a quick snack as we were having so much fun walking around, although we did stop for the obligatory ice cream for Sophie!

Our next stop was for olive oil and we got a hot tip from a local.  The store had lots of goodies and a fabulous wine section too.... good prices as it was in more of a local shop.

The time went fast and Sophie had to reunite with her group off to Seville.  Adults spent one more night in Granada....  ladies went to the grocery store for Paella pans and Saffron (great prices) and then we went around the city at night for tapas.

Tomorrow we have a 3 hour trip to Seville, so running group will....get their butts out of bed.

***Photo of the day wouldn't load.... will try tomorrow

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