Blogs from Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 11

Well, the arabic influence is stronger than I had anticipated in Andalucia. The buildings are amazing... it doesn´t feel anything like what I know of ¨Spain¨here... but it is still very beautiful! The sky is so impressive. I did not see a cloud all day long. NOT ONE! The sun just went down (it´s 11:30pm) and the stars are amazing. Nothing like a beautiful night´s sky from the roof of a building! By the way, I just checked the temperature... it´s still over 90 degrees! (Dad, you would hate this place!!) Don´t worry, there is air conditioning! I had arabic food tonight for dinner. My hostel-mate is from Brazil and she took me to this great little place with wraps... it´s called de kebab or something like that. Really delicious! Well, it´s been another long day. ... read more

April 25, 2008 I thought I would finally be able to spend the whole day with my parents, but CC-CS thought it would be a good idea to split the students up from the parents on our trip to Cordoba today. Needless to say, I don’t think anyone was too happy with that, but we moved on! When we arrived in Cordoba, we went to the Mesquita, a former mosque. It was really interesting to see, especially after all the Cathedrals I see nowadays, but no worries, the Christians thought it would be a good idea to build a Cathedral in the middle of the mosque, so I was able to see one of those too! After the Mesquita, we went to a synagogue, one of only three left in Spain after the Spanish Inquisition. It ... read more

Cordoba is one of the oldest and largest cities in Spain. In the 10th century Cordoba was one of the largest cities in the world. Like the rest of Spain, Cordoba was once under Islamic rule. In fact, Cordoba is home to what use to be the second largest mosque in the world; which was built in the 700s. However, during the Reconquista the "Mezquita" was transformed into a Catholic Cathedral. Besides the Mezquita, we also saw the Judaria, or Jewish quarter, and the old synagogue. Cordoba is also famous for the flower pots filled with red flowers hanging from the sides of building walls. Although it has one of the most fascinating cathedrals in all of Europe, Cordoba as a whole was not very impressive. Other than the city center, the city was fairly trashy. ... read more

Hola, 16 JUNE - Saturday • Well, bright and early Saturday morning, we all awoke, ate the questionable hotel breakfast, loaded the bus and made for Atocha train station, where were going to take the AVE, Spain's high-speed train, to Córdoba. I'm a big fan of trains and I'm also a big fan of going fast, so I was excited. Not as excited as I'd have been if I'd gotten more than 5 hours of sleep the night before, but still, excited. The AVE hums along at about 200 miles per hour and we completed what would have been a five-hour bus ride in about 1:45. It was cool; I'd try to look out the window and focus on items and it was impossible to do if they were close to the train. The farther ... read more

Hola! I was in Cordoba this past weekend for the festival of plazas there. It was really cool. Didn't see as many plazas as I expected to, but that's all good. The ones we did see were really pretty and nice, so that's what counts. It was interesting travelling around with Monica and her friends. Of course, we ended up at the wine tasting place at the festival! Ugh, if I never see wine again after this trip I think I'll be okay with that. I also never knew it was "rude" to say no to trying someone's wine, but apparantly it is! lol Anyway, I have pictures but there's not too much to tell. We did go out to a discoteca on Saturday night though, and didn't return back to the apartment until like ... read more