Friday, March 5, 2010

Granada, Flamenco, and Tapas Bars

So me, a British guy named Lucas, and a Canadian named Jeff decided to grab a bus to Granada for a couple days. We're staying at a cool little hostel called the Funky Backpacker. I think it's an old Arab apartment building. Pretty cool.

We've explored the town, saw the huge Muslim fort, and chilled with quite a few women. Granada has TONS of hot Spanish girls. It's unbelievable.

We went to a flamenco show last night in the gypsy caves. Sooooo cool. The room was more like a small tunnel about ten feet wide, with benches along either side. And the flamenco dancers would come dancing right in front of you, tapping their shoes and clapping their little clicky things, all while their twirling dresses kept slapping your shins.

The gypsies even sang while dancing. Very interesting show. I'm taking it up as a new hobby.

Another thing Granada is known for are their "tapas" bars. Apparently in the days of old, every beer would come served with a small appetizer on a tiny plate balanced ON TOP of your beer. They called these tapas, and they're FREEEEEEEE. With EVERY drink!

So instead of dinner, we went on a little tapas bar tour, and got full off all those little snacks. We had small pizzas, Spanish hamburgers, sardines on bruschetta, chicken skewers, and all kinds of things. And normally each beer/tapas combination is around 1-2 euros. Good deal.

1 comment:

  1. Castinettes.....that's what the "little clicky things" are called :) Flamenco dancing is amazing isn't it??

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