Traveling to Granada

Another travel day for us, this time a little more challenging and adventure-filled. Rather than taking the highways - because that would be EASY - we traveled on the coastal secondary route, curling our way around the cliffs, gazing out at the brilliant blue of the Mediterranean sea, stopping at all the viewpoints. Once we reached Motril, we headed north into the mountains, grazing the edge of the Sierra Nevadas. I directed us through some quaint little hill towns before we headed into the larger city of Granada. Here, our host Rafa led us through the hyper-narrow streets of the old town, barely wide enough for one car, and somehow fitting two, high above the city, level with the great Alhambra palace. As the sun set, we pulled into a tiny garage, headed into a gorgeously-tiny apartment with a hidden garden(called a carmen!), and after a nice walk around the same narrows streets to situate ourselves, we settled in for a quiet night.