Siesta in Granada

In Granada, they take the siestas. Apparently in Madrid they are not doing it as much.

What this means is that the normal store hours are from 10-2 and then from 5-8 and almost always closed on Sundays and Holidays.

What this means for me is that there is little point in doing things between these hours. The stores are all shuttered, so you cannot even look in the windows during this time. You cannot even tell what the store is because everything is behind steel roll-up doors.

I have lunch, take a nap and then get up around 5. I am very used to it - I am surprised it did not take very long at all. In fact, if I miss my siesta, I feel like I am hungover.

This means that the day is long here. Or that there are two days per day. One mini day, and one bigger day that goes on until very late at night. Lots of people are out on the streets at 2AM every night.