Top 6 Granada Mirador Viewpoints, Granada, Spain (B)

I had no idea how shockingly accurate my first Granada winter blog title, “Do Not Fall,” was until I able to finally spend one full hot-winded week there in height of summer.

I had brought the most practical shoes possible: New Balance Trail Running Shoes. I was sure they would be over-the-top for the trip, but I wanted to go for some jogs while I was there and couldn’t spare the space to pack another pair of walking shoes.

Even the Trail Runners were not enough!! Granted, I did not actually fall, but it was only a coincidence that my knees returned home unscathed.

Granada is for TREKKING. Do not be mistaken, I saw many a retired or out-of-shape tourist surviving from bus to bus and between taxis, but this is not how one really begins to see Granada.

Did I even really see it? I spent lazy hot afternoons offsetting the moody Hemingway novel I was reading with my bright and charming Andalusian studio. 

No, I could not have seen it and understood all of the complicated chaos of Granada in just a week. But I could start to see and listen and appreciate. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).