"Dining in a Postcard"

Thursday evening we took a bus over to the Albayzin district, the Moorish hillside quarter that is opposite the Alhambra and offers incredible sunset and evening views of the Alhambra from the San Nicholas viewpoint. When we arrived, it was jammed with tourists and several TV crews, who were setting up long-distance telephoto shots of the Alhambra to peek in on Michelle’s evening visit to the Alhambra.

Just down from the main Alhambra viewing spot is a restaurant called El Huerto de Juan Ranas Bar. We planned to just have a drink and watch the sunset on the Alhambra, but ended up getting a table and having dinner. The food was very good; the view was spectacular. Dylan called it "dining in a postcard."

We decided to walk back to our hotel from the Albayzin. Again, all downhill, except for the last 100 yards that goes from the Plaza Nueva to our hotel, which heads up toward the Alhambra. On the way, we went exploring the Albayzin, looking for a restaurant that had been recommended to us by the Lipfords. After some back and forth and up and down, we found it. We made a reservation for the next night.


The walk back started to build up the boys’ appetites again. They wanted to go back to the Bodega Castañeda. Jenny went with them, while Ali and I stayed on the Plaza Nueva - she eating ice cream and me having a nightcap.

Jenny and the boys can use the comment section to talk about their late night experience at Bodega Castañeda. Suffice to say, it was as great as our lunch there.