On the bus over we had the ambitious plan of waking up at 8:00 so we could get into the mosque for free for the early morning silence from 8:30 to 10:00. After which, we would take a tourist bus to the Islamic palace at 11:00. Alas, despite both me and Tessa having set different alarms, we failed and slept until 11:15. In a good mood from our long rest, we set out for the mosque (admission is 8 euros).
The tourist attraction are all clustered together. We walked through the juderia, the medieval Jewish quarter, and had brunch at an open air restaurant. I had tapas of paella, calamari in garlic mayonaise, tripe and chorizo, and eggplant blossoms. After, we arrived at the mosque; it was a beautiful building, but we were worried that we would not have enough time to go in, so we just walked around outside.
We had wanted to visit the synagogue, but it was closed. Instead, we went to a small museum dedicated to the Spanish Jews. Clearly the Spanish were not particularly nice to the Jews...during the inquisition, they purged the county of all non Christians. The museum was also a nice way to see what some of the older houses looked like from the inside.
It was a pretty easy day overall. We got tea at a cafe called Marrakech, which was decorated in a Moroccan style. The tea was fantastic, but he pastries tasted like they had been sitting out for days or even weeks! After that, we headed back to the hostel to collect our belongings and go to the bus station for Granada.
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