Sunday 29th December 2013 Easy walk around Granada

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This week we set a new Limper's Record. We started the walk with 21 people and finished with 4, this beats by one the mark set the first time I did this walk.
We met at Cozvijar at 10 o'clock, except for one person, who shall remain anonymous and drives a fancy Mercedes, who pitched up at 9 o'clock.
We drove to Lidel to meet up with the rest of the group. I'll have to find a different place to meet, because every year somebody disappears into the shop. Eventually we set off on our walk, a nice FLAT gentle walk as promised.
After 45 minutes or so we arrived in Plaza Bib Rambla for hot chocolate and Churros. I selected a nice cheerful café with a cosy heated outside sitting area, but this didn't meet with Conchi's approval, so she led us further along the square and eventually we found a café that would serve us. The chocolate and Churros met with general approval, except for Jan who gave them the thumb's down; give him another 20 odd years in Spain and he might acquire the taste, although as yet, after 7 years I haven't.
Refreshed we set off down Gran Via De Colon and then onto Avda. De La Constitucion. Along this avenue there are various statues of famous Granadinians, some of them sitting on a bench and others standing besides one. The last time I was along hear I came across a young man sitting on one of the seats in animated conversation with a statue. When I returned, about half an hour later, he was still at it. I'm pleased to report that none of our group succumbed to the temptation.
We eventually arrived at the Bull Ring and were delighted to see that it was open with a little crafts fair taking place in the arena; very different from the last time I'd been there, to watch my one and only bull fight. We had our first Tapas stop in the sunshine at a café outside the Ring, very nice it was too. Rejuvenated once again, we set off on a different route back to our cars.
It was about a quarter of the way back that we started shedding people. Conchi decided she wanted to go up to the Albaicin, so off she went with about half the group. Stuart and Arthur took a taxi and went off to Stuart's prearranged fight club Christmas lunch, and another group were feeling the strain, and opted for a shorter, more direct route back to the car.
That left 4 of us. Jan, Martine, Gillian and myself. We had a delightful FLAT walk back through the side streets and main thoroughfares of this wonderful city. We even took a detour to visit the shop of my ex lawyer; he's given up lawyering and opened a perfume shop! We stopped for another Tapas at a charming sunny plaza overlooking the cathedral, and then meandered our way back besides the Rio Genil to our cars.
A very pleasant day out in this great city: Granada.
Thank you Jan for taking up the back marker post; it wasn't your fault we lost most of them.
Until the next time.

Mike.   

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