Blogs from Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 9

Cordoba and Seville day 3-5 (July 13- July 15) Metro and Bus to Cordoba and then local bus to the hotel. The hotel was right near the old town. Another very hot day so we had a short orientation walk and then very glad to visit the beautiful Mesquita not the least because it was wonderfully cool inside. This was a Mosque that had a Catholic Church inside. The Moorish design, with arches and marble pillars, and decorative walls were all left in place with the Catholic church making use of alcoves along the side, and placing the church itself in the middle. While the church pieces were impressive they appeared opulent and somewhat over the top alongside the more elegant design of the Moorish building. Some late tapas for lunch and then a siesta before ... read more

Second day in Corodba... Mesquita Catherdral imprinted a thunderlike impression in my memory. The Catherdra in Sevilla was impressive as well (3rd largest in the world). The arte de eclesia is big here... have to catch a bus to Granada. Before Sevilla I stopped by Cadiz for a party. Making connections all the time... Hostels are inexpensive, however every euro counts... have to make use of the the camping gear at some point. Tengo voy... valle, hasta luego y visite me aki algun veces. ... read more

Day 11 (Friday, April 3rd, 2009) We had initially planned on waking up this day at 8:30, but we didn’t end up rolling out of bed until 9:40. For some reason, we were both incredibly exhausted that morning; Mike thought it might have been due to the excessive amount of walking we had done the day prior in Sevilla. We finally left the hotel in Sevilla around 10:45. We then had to walk 20 minutes in order to reach the parking garage. Once we settled ourselves into the car, we drove about 1.5 hours until we reached Cordoba. Finding our hotel in Cordoba was an absolute nightmare due to the one-way streets. Our navigation system kept telling us to turn onto streets that we we were unable to, so it made finding the hotel nearly ... read more

Well... last week was fun! When I came back to Spain after Christmas break, I brought with me some packets of taco seasoning... and I thought about how I haven't used them yet the other day, so Ceci and I decided to have a mexican night. And since we have our wonderful blender that we recently purchased, what would be more fitting to drink than Margaritas?! So Thursday night we had 8 guests over for dinner-- we made tacos, home-made mexican rice as well as beans, which were also very tastey!! Most of the guests hadn't had that kind of food before, so it was really fun. They didn't really know how to assemble a taco. I love making stuff from scratch, so I know these are things that I am going to want to make ... read more

So since things have been a bit boring here in Priego, we decided to liven things up by having an 80's themed party. We invited teachers from our school as well as Cecilia's school. About 20 or so people attended, it was quite fun. We made jello shots since they had never heard of them. They were a big hit! We also taught them how to play "flippy cup" which is a game that has 2 teams in a line down the table and each person has a cup wiht a small amount of beer in it. You must drink the beer and then put the cup on the edge of the table and flip it over and get it to land upside down. After you do that, it is the next person on your teams ... read more