Siestas & Tapas

Since we arrived in Spain, we have learnt the hard way about what the siestas are all about here. When we met up with Sally in Granada, she mentioned how she had to roam around the city while she waited for us to get in by train. But her wandering about lead to unopened retail stores.






We found out from Freddie (at the hostel in Granada) that siesta is between 2 - 5pm. And during that time, everyone goes out to eat. Yup ... eat! You think we would be happy hearing that but when you feel like shopping more than eating, it becomes a pain in the arse. At one point in Seville, we ended up wandering about taking photos and window shopping. There were many people doing the same thing. We were saved by a marching band who was on their way to a competition or something and amused us for a few minutes.

Our eating habits had to adjust to the siesta so by the time we hit Seville, we found our groove so to say. We would plan our day and make sure we doing some site seeing during the siestas instead and that way we can shop til we drop when the stores open up again. It´s like a love and hate relationship :)

When we do go out to eat, we have tried the tapas. Tapas are appetizers that usually come free with each drink that is ordered. The first one we chose was not so hot and after that we thought that perhaps tapas were overrated but it was not until our 3rd try that we were hooked. The tapas at Lizarran in Seville was so delicious and it was not because we were hungry.

It has been about 5 days and we are finally figuring how it works here in Spain. Now... we just need to find a bench after eating during siesta for a nice nap and we will be pros at this :)