Granada is making us feel at home today. It is raining! Liquid sunshine! Actually we cannot complain as this country really needs the rain – there are forest fires like we get in BC however due to the extreme heat and if a day of rain is needed so be it! So we just hung out today in the hotel, and went out when it was not raining and did what normal people do – laundry! In the evening, we had a fun experience which we can only put the dots together to try and figure out. We went to a local restaurant/bar that people had reviewed having GF food. We got there about 7:30pm as on the website it said “the kitchen is always open”. We had something to drink and the waiter indicated that the kitchen would be open sometime after 8pm. While we were there, we noticed these display cases on the wall behind me and there were 2 others on the wall across the room by the washrooms and they had what looked like flat pottery plates that had been made by some 6-12 year old children. As we were only a block from the hotel, Andrew ran back to the hotel for me to get my knitting that I forgot, and while he was gone, people were coming over and looking at the display cases behind me and then the ones on the other side of the room (which were a lot more accessible). Where we were sitting, which was at a low table, there was a high bar table beside us and one behind me in the corner (neither were occupied at the time) and it was really hard with my walker folded up to get into the area but people still tried! This continued when Andrew got back – people would come into the establishment, look at the cases and leave. Then 8pm rolled around and boom! All these people showed up and it was obviously some type of celebration or launch party for the “plates” and we then realized there were bigger ones higher up on the walls. The place got quite busy and loud! As we had already gotten our menu and ordered food, we had to stay. So we had a lovely dinner with all these people filling up the inside, outside area and spilling into the street – gathering we presume in celebration of the artists in the boxes. We also recognized a couple of them as they were the younger people attending the event. It did start to calm down by the time we finished dinner however it was some amusement for our dinner time! Tomorrow is the Alhambra – we got to get some sleep!
