Our first year or so in Spain was in many ways exhausting. The simplest acts of shopping or doing any kind of transaction took amazing amounts of patience and energy. As we are settling in we are taking on increasingly difficult tasks in Spanish, like buying a car or going before a Spanish [...]
Last friday we stopped in a bar we like for a quick drink and tapa to take a break from a day of walking and shopping. The bar is a very traditional Spanish one, and besides having a great atmosphere they also serve a somewhat unique beer on tap – Cruzcampo Blanca, its an [...]
Last night we ended up at a cocktail bar here in Granada called Verdi with friends; we hadn’t been there before. It was a unique place. The interior is baroque in style but has a slight feel that you might be in the living room of an older devout catholic person rather than [...]
There are essentially two ways to enroll in a Spanish class/school in Granada – either directly with a school, or through a broker. I have enrolled in Spanish classes in both ways and I strongly recommend not only enrolling directly with a school or program but even more strongly that you do not ever [...]
We’ve just begun getting a wave of visitors in Granada, our friends Brad and Felicity were just here for a week and I remembered I hadn’t written any suggestions on places to eat in our own town! Here’s some of our favorite places for lunch and dinner, I’ll cover going out for tapas in [...]