Granada Street Life

Granada is definitely worth a visit. I’ve been spending quite a bit of time sitting on the sidewalk in front of my little house. This is common behavior, all the neighbors spend time out here. And there is constant traffic passing by and stopping to talk. I’m out here with Bentley and he attracts lots of conversation.

Currently a couple of guys with a trumpet, drums and a marimba just showed up two doors down and started playing. I think there’s a birthday party for a teenager happening, and these folks are the live music.

Another two doors down some lady has drug her portable BBQ outside and is cooking something that smells really good. A bunch more people are gathering there.

There are relatively few tourists in Granada. It’s really a city that stands on its own, that is its not created by and for tourists. I’m sure tourism is important to the local economy but its rare to see any around here.

Friends meet each other on the street. Often one will place a hand on the shoulder of the other while they talk. This is true for male-male and male-female conversations.

Dogs are everywhere. It makes it somewhat hard to walk Bentley as every dog in every house has to comment.

Down the street there’s a group of mostly teenagers playing with old fashioned tops. The group is joined by a couple of parents ‘showing’ the kids how to throw the tops, and indeed the adults are more skillful. Tops are common entertainment across Central America.