Granada Part 1

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Picture 1 - a Church in Granada

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Picture 2- View of Granada from the bell tower of the Cathedral

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Picture 3 - Inside the Cathedral

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Another cab ride back to the ferry and then from San Jorge to Granada and arrived by 12. We hit the ATM in Granada and headed to Hostel Oasis. This was hands down the best hostel Scott and I had been to yet. It had a pool, tons of hammocks, a great cheap breakfast, high ceilings, and very neat murals everywhere. We settled in and started a walking tour of the city to see the monuments and hit up a good restaurant where we sat in the middle of pedestrian only street and had a great lunch with cold beers under an umbrella while peddlers tried to hock their goods. We checked out all the major churches in the city and hung out in the Parque Central which is an area about a city block large full of vendors and people just hanging out. Right on the Parque Central is the main cathedral which we toured and climbed the steeple right to the top that gave a bird’s view of the city and surrounding volcanoes. The heat was getting to us so we toured back to the hostel had some free coffee and cooled off in the pool, chilled out and then got ready to go out for fancy dinner out on the town.

That night we went to El Zaguan a relatively fancy restaurant with mariachis playing and the ever presence of the open wood burning BBQ grill. We all ordered too much food and then more food and bottles of red wine and talked the evening away, it was a stumbly walk back to the hostel and a great night sleep.