Granada

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After a whole day yesterday of seeing ancient art and architecture, our main sightseeing for today was to walk through the lesser known streets of Granada looking at modern street art. While Bristol has Banksy, Granada has Raúl Ruiz otherwise known as El Niño de las Pinturas (child of the paintings). Incredible to think all his work is done with a spray can!

We started off with a fabulous breakfast just down from our apartment in old Albaicin, along with the best coffee of the trip - I wondered why the waiter had asked our names but soon knew when the coffee was delivered with our names on one and the outline of the Alhambra on the other!

The graffiti is over a wide area - through the Jewish quarter and Realjo area and a lot is on shutters and places that don’t look too good but are transformed with the art work. A few hours were spent wandering and it brought us out at large square with a church and it seemed it was communion for all the Roman Catholic boys and girls as families were all glammed up for their kids big day.

There was a large craft fair on in one of the pedestrianised streets so we walked down there then stopped for lunch in a Cafe/deli with hams galore hanging from the ceiling.

Our route home took us through the little streets of Granada and we turned a corner in one to be met by the sight of the Capilla Real, a Gothic-Isabelline style cathedral. Wow they do their churches on a grand scale!

We headed back to the apartment, rested up, had snacks sitting on the veranda (picture) loving all the sights and sounds from roundabout but best of all was the view up to the Palace in the hill!

Evening we walked up the hill to the Sacromonte area where there are still gitano’s living in the caves and there was music playing and some dancing. Best of all through was the viewpoint looking right down into Granada.