We made it into Granada around lunch time; Juan-Carlos gave us an orientation tour of  town showing the main points of interest, including laundry, internet cafes and cool breakfast places. Afterward we had lunch in a Mexican restaurant.

After lunch most of us decided to join in for a guided city tour by a local opera singer – a big mistake as it turned out … as she was turning many of the attractions into her stage – singing a (more or less) fitting song. The problem though, she did not really care, if that was appropriate … she essentially started to scare away the guests of a cafe, when she started – all the way to a song in church DURING service (we could stop her in time).

Here explanations would usually start like “There was local artist writing a poem about this corner…” to then continue with “… and a local composer made a song out of that” and ending with another song.

When we got back to the hotel we even got another (free) good-bye song. This was quiet remarkable, considering that only four people came back with her (we left with eleven). Louise made sure that Juan-Carlos (who originally had recommended this tour) got into the indulgence of enjoying the last piece (“You stay!”). 😉

What got us wondering is the fact that, what is probably the biggest building and one of the main attractions of Granada – the cathedral – was completely neglected by her during this city tour, even though we constantly reminded her of getting there before darkness. Probably there was never a poem or song created, that included the cathedral …

NB: the city tour might have been a mess – however the memories made us laugh again and again throughout the rest of the trip, just a sung “Granada” would make people smile again.