Granada!

Well, today we're in Granada, a few hours south of Madrid. Yesterday (Sunday) we woke up early and packed up our stuff then headed for the subway to find our way to church. We only got lost once and eventually found the make-shift chapel in the middle of a busy street. I translated for my mom during Sacrament Meeting while the rest of the group tried to stay awake. We met about 5 or 6 sets of missionaries and talked about the work in Spain. There's a lot of immigrants in Spain so most of the members are not from Spain but from places like Peru, Columbia, and Ecuador. I guess the work is kind of hard with the Spainish people because they have more of the European mentality and aren't as humble to accept the missionaries into their homes. The missionaries seem to have a lot of work though. After church we went to a cool park called el Parque de Renata where they had a pond with boats, statues, concerts, etc. We ate a packed lunch and enjoyed walking around, then headed back to the hostel to get our suitcases and head out. We boarded the Euro-rail train at about 3:00 and got to Granada around 9:30. I slept the whole time and have a sore neck to prove it :) We got to our new hotel and crashed for the night. I can't believe how tired I get just traveling. This morning my alarm went off at 7am and I pushed snooze. At 7:25 I realized that the alarm wasn't working (no, really) and decided the $4 travel alarm from Wal-mart wasn't such a good idea. We headed up to the Alambra for the day. Its a huge castle in Granada that's really famous. We decided to walk up from our hotel to the Alambra but we got lost and had to catch a bus to get up there. The Alambra was amazing! By the time we got done today we were all exhausted. We ate at a little cafe then went to a Catholic Cathedral. It was a good day. Tomorrow we're off to rent a car and travel to the beach!