Granada is a beautiful colonial style town with a central plaza that reminded me of my time in Spain. It was a beautiful with carriages all around it, we ran across a dance competition of course to Michael Jackson with everyone in the crowd hooting and hollering. In the center crafts people were waiting to sell their jewelry, shirts, ceramics, etc. It was beautiful in the center, just watching every body with their day to day interactions. They had restaurants that lined the plaza all over for beautiful views and people watching.
After walking around town we headed in the direction of some Thai food.. which we did not end up finding. We ended up eating at a restaurant called VooDoo with the best burger I think I have ever had! We had a few cocktails and headed back to The Bearded Monkey, where we finished conversing in the central area. It started to down pour and this place is open in the center of the building where there is a small garden... I decided that nothing look more like fun then jumping into the rain. It had been a long time since I had last taken that plunge and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
The next day I walked around town, it was their Independence day and they were celebrating with parades all over the streets. The different schools each had on uniforms and were performing dances with drums behind them. The streets were filled.
After watching a bit of the parade, I took off for the lake with a guy I had met at the hostel. I wanted to walk around town and see everything. We went to the lake, a few churches, the market. It was an eventful day. In one of the churches there was the most beautiful view from the top of the tower. It was incredible... with volcanoes in the distance and tiled roof tops.
The next morning I decided to get up and walk around before hitting off for my next destination. One of my friend's who is a guide for a travel company, told me I had to go to Kathy's Waffle's. This place was not in the guide book however. I decided to just start walking and see what happens.. and so be it right as I hit the plaza a man handed me a flier to Kathy's Waffle's that had a map on the back. It was truly meant to be. I took myself to breakfast, had a nice waffle, pineapple juice and coffee. It was the first time I had taken myself to breakfast and I enjoyed every moment of it. It was a perfect morning.
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