nighttime in granada. it s time to pursue that greatest of spanish traditions, tapas. you may think you know what a tapas is. like if you ve had small bites at some fusion hipster bar where they do a lot of little plates. yeah, that ain t a tapa. how often do you do this a week? i do it five days a week. it s rare not to do this. but, you know, it s like on a weekend, you come out for a bunch. weekday, you come out for one. this is latana, a little place run by sommelier jesus and louisa, brother and sister, one bartender, one cook, taking care of everything. tapas are free. that s the main issue of the tapas. so you re just paying for the wine. exactly. so if i were, like, a degenerate wino, i could still eat well? as long as i can afford my wine, i d eat.
there are different brotherhoods, each with their own sacred colors, crests, insignia and so on. it s their medallions of particular christ images that adorn the bar. and frankly, they re kind of bumming me out. maybe it s just me, but when i m getting a nice late morning buzz, i don t particularly want jesus looking down at me from, like, everywhere. how drunk can you get here? don t you feel a little guilty for getting really drunk here? yeah, of course. whoa. morcilla. this is one of my favorite things. this is your favorite thing. try it. it s amazing. gaze away disapprovingly all you like, jesus. i am happy now. overlooking granada, the hillside of sacramonte is riddled with caves, many of them older than anyone even remembers. spanish gypsies have lived here in caves turned homes like this
okay. enough with the work. let s eat. nice. [ speaking foreign language ] awesome. great meal. great, great, great. this is the dream of all the world. the dream is to live in granada. work in the morning, have a one-hour nap in the afternoon. at night go out and have that life. go out and see your friends and eat tapa and drink red wine and be in a beautiful place. to have this kind of music and this food and this kind of culture and look out the window and to see spain. one thing. family. family is very, very, very important. right, see. he did it right. he s marrying into a spanish family in granada. it s cheating, man. he s very lucky. and a smart guy. right.
flamenco? they yes, they do that also. in granada, they do that old school. and bull fighting, they do that, too. adigress. i m here actually to answer a question. what happens if you go over to the other side? say you grew up in the states and like a lot of us wondered, fantasized about what it would be like living abroad in old europe surrounded by crusader castles, delicious food, another language, another culture? what would that alternate life, that road not taken be like? my longtime friend and cameraman from maine, zach, is finding out. so where are we going? right here. one of these tables. which maybe we want to do, like, this with. see? how often do you get to go out with somebody that can properly block the table it s misery is what it is. oh, boy. ah, yes, of course. snails in an almond sauce. about as traditional and
delicious as it gets. that s a plate full of perfect happiness. tapas, huh? that s right. tapas come from here. this is still one of the few places in spain where they re free. all you have to do is keep drinking. we could stay here all day. keep ordering a couple drinks. no rush. plan on spending some time here. red wine ordered. tripes to follow. tender, spicy, delicious tripe. sun, plaza, guts. pretty good. hello. hello. not too long ago before zach basically defected to spain, he met fuen. the next thing you know, he s living here. part of an extended family. eating the ham, drinking the wine, living the life of the spanish dandy. in freaking granada, no less. classically, culturally speaking, do you want a sensitive, nice, caring, thoughtful guy? well, it depends on the woman