Granada, Day 2

What a day! Spent most of the day at Al Hambra. Spectacular, as everyone knows, and interesting history. We pretty much saw the whole thing from the fortress to the palaces to the gorgeous gardens. One wonderful thing: they still produce a lot of food from farming within the walls of the Al Hambra, and donate it to good banks to feed the poor.

Barely time for a short nap before a yummy dinner (seafood paella). Then a flamenco show called La Zambra de María La Canastera. Yes for tourists, but really good. The venue is one of the oldest flamenco cave venues in Granada, so it's small and you can really see what they're doing. Our only regret is not understanding more about flamenco in general or what the songs were about.

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