Alota Granada!

My first day in Granada was a little overwhelming as I was coming from a very small low key island to a large city.  I stayed at the neared monkey hostel and got a private room, though there was a lot of privacy the bed was horrific. It literary had a wooden beam right down the center of it and I think it was the worst sleep of my life. I did however find a really cool leather shop near buy and bought a few souvenirs. Beign in the city is cool because there are so many little shops, markets, restaurants and things to do but it is pretty sketchy and beign a women you cannot go out in the streets alone at night. That night I did go to dinner with a guy I met from the hostel but he turned out to be really weird and started to make plans for us to travel to other towns together so I ditched him pretty quick and checked into another hostel where I met two cool Canadian chicks.

The first full day I was there I went to a chocolate museum and learned a lot about the history of chocolate and how it came to be today. I also tasted chocolate tea and learned the chocolate making processes. Later that day I went to one of the city churches and was allowed to climb to the top where the bells were. It was the best view in the city and beign in the church was really cool, you could feel the power and the faith that the people had, not to mention the beautiful art and architecture.

In the evening we went on a boat tour of the islands on the lake. It was sunset so the views were beautiful and we even went to a “boat up bar” yup.......it was a drive through bar for boats!!!!!!! There was also a monkey island with the cutest monkeys that almost came on to our boat, but as we got closer we realized that 30 pound hungry monkeys may not be such a good idea so close.