Granada y Cordoba

Since I had to go to the Medieval festival, I couldn't leave for our next roadtrip to Granada and Cordoba with the three girls I was planning on staying with. Fortunately, a group of five other girls were going to Granada the next morning so I rode the bus with them and spent most of the day with them. I don't normally get the chance to see these girls because most of them aren't in either of my classes so it was nice to bond with some new people. When they checked into their hostal, the lady at the check-in desk told us about a bunch of great stuff to do and a restaurant to go to. A restaurant sounded wonderful so we could have a full meal rather than tapas. Speaking of tapas, I hate the entire restaurant process in Spain, but more on that later. 

We went to Restaurante Gallio which was an amazing, fantastic, wonderful, superb (more great adjectives) place. I figured Gallio was a pretty safe thing to order since it was the name of the restaurant. I was completely correct. It was spaghetti with tomato sauce, cream, and chicken which is pretty similar to what I constantly order from the delicious Carlow pasta bar except a million times better. Everyone loved their meals. I wish this place was in Sevilla or Pittsburgh so I could go all the time. Maybe I'll open one. 

We walked around the city for awhile to work off the calories from our meals. I thought Cadiz was amazing but Granada puts it to shame. It is so pretty and quaint and exactly what I picture Spain to look like. Later, I met up with the girls I was originally supposed to go with and we went La Alhambra and the gardens associated with it. It was AMAZING. Every room had the most intricate designs which were all different and lined the walls of the enormous palace. I can only imagine how long it took to do that. And I'm normally not a fan of gardens but it was by far the nicest, prettiest garden ever. We also went to a restaurant that had an absolutely incredible view of La Alhambra and the city. I could have sat there forever. So basically I loved Granada and if you ever get the chance, you should totally go there. 

I wasn't as big of a fan of Cordoba. The city was nice but Granada made it look like a dump. I did, however, love La Mezquita. It has the craziest cathedral in the center which made all of our jaws instantly drop to the floor. I remember saying "how can you take a picture of this?" because without seeing the entire thing, it doesn't look that fantastic. Pretty much all of the pictures from Granada and Cordoba don't do the cities any justice but I love them anyway.