Friends / Apartment Tour
Last week Jorge and Angélica, he’s from Granda, she’s from Chile, took us out on the town one evening for a history lesson on Granada, including tea at one of the arab tea shops. For those of you who know what the apparatus is in front, we didn’t use it!
We also stopped at this restaurant. Notice the cured hanging ham hocks behind Jorge’s head. Ham is huge in Spain – a whole ham from a black-footed swine costs over a hundred honkin’ bucks!
On Sunday we went to a little Brethren church where they had a baby dedication for 3 Ecuadorian babies. Technically, they’re Spaniards, having been born here, but their parents are Ecuadorian.
Pastor (head elder) Hans is originally from the Netherlands. His wife is from Granada.
These two little boys are twins, the one on the left has Down’s syndrome.
After the service they had a carry-in meal with an international flavor.
We especially liked the flavor of the Ecuadorian dish, ceviche de camarón (shrimp – here they call it “langostina”) By the way, I’ve never seen such a variety of size of shrimp here in Spain, from little bitty to the size of an 8 oz. steak!
How about a little tour of our apartment? We’re on the fourth floor. Get off the elevaror and we’re the first door on the right. In the entry way you’ll see this painting (not ours). Evan Mayer says it’s ‘naughty.’ Strange, yes, but naughty?? Below is our grocery cart – without it, walking the 5 blocks home from the store, those bags get heavy! That space looks like a good spot to store my bicycle, YTBB (yet to be bought).
Turn left from the entry way and you’ll enter our dining room.
On the other side is our living room.
Look out the window to the right and you’ll see (on a clear day) the Sierra Nevada. In the evenings the swallows swarm. You see only one, so you’ll have to trust me on this!
The kitchen is just off the living/dining room, not huge, but compact and adequate. Notice the washer down below and the on-demand gas hot water heater above Judi’s head. We have to keep slatted wooden door open to avoid igniting it!
Outside the kitchen is the clothes line. You have to lean out the window to hang the clothes, and hope you don’t drop them on neighbors’ lines below. However, it’s a way to get to know the neighbors!
Back the other way is the hallway, with lots of bookshelf space!
At the end is the bedroom and the bathroom (the photo of which we’ll omit!)
And the second bedroom/office. We needed a table for the computers, but everything we saw was too big or too little or too expensive. I finally made one of wood scraps found on the street, waiting for trash pickup. It felt a little conspicuous to be carrying it through the streets, so I waited until dark. It looks a little crude, but it works!
