Blogs from Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 5

I ended up missing my free breakfast this morning due to the fact that I kept sleeping. I wasn't a very happy camper about this, so I got ready and roamed around looking for food. After I found a little store that sold some packaged pastries, I walked around for a couple hours. It was nice to just walk along the streets and see Cordoba. I started to get hungry again, so I made my way back to the main area around my hostal. I found a buffet and thought it would be delicious. It wasn't very good food, but it did fulfill my hunger. Boy am I ready for a good meal! After eating, I found a really cool place that had a lot of leather goods. Cordoba is well known for the silver and ... read more

From Valencia I carried on to Granada. I took the bus again and arrived at my destination again late in the evening. Which meant that information desks would be closed and I would only have the tiny map from my guidebook to go by. The bus station is quite a ways from the city centre, although I still considered walking. When I came out of the bus station there were two city buses out front and EVERYONE who didn't have a car waiting was jumping on the first bus. Without any real idea of where I was going I asked the driver if the bus went downtown. Yes it did, and conveniently stopped only a couple of blocks from my hostel. It probably would have stopped closer, but it was oddly crowded for the time of ... read more

An diesem Tag habe ich mir Cordoba angesehen. Dabei waren insbesondere die Gärten und die Kathedrale in der ehemaligen Moschee sehenswert. Abends gab es dann noch ein Licht- und Wasserspiel in des Alcazar de los Reyes Christianos, also den Gärten der christlichen Könige, welches ich mir nicht entgehen lies. Cordoba ist eine sehr schöne Stadt und hat mich an Granada erinnert, welches ich mir 2002 angesehen habe.... read more

Yesterday (Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012) was my first full day of sightseeing and strolling around Seville. The best thing about a city like Seville is that even when you get lost it's not a problem because there is so much to see and the street life is such a big part of its charm. I set out from the hotel on foot in the direction of the Cathedral. You'd think a building as impressive and imposing on the city's skyline would not be hard to find, but us North Americans are not used to how narrow the streets are and how much that both disorients you and blocks your view (one advantage, on the other hand, is that most of the narrow streets are shaded so you can get relief from the 40 degree heat quite ... read more

Day 1: Madrid to Cordoba to Seville I was excited to meet our guide, Izzy, who I had previously met on the busabout loops in Lauterbrunen and I knew she was heaps of fun. At our first restaurant stop she explained how we were going to be able to order....you HAD to get your elbows on the bar, otherwise you wouldn't get served. She explained some basic Spanish and we were off on our own. I managed a crossaint and tea successfully but when I tried to order a donut, I mistakenly got an orange juice, which was incidently extremly delcious, but not what I had intended. Whoops, Spanish fail, one. Back on the bus for some more Spanish background info...Chuppa chupps in Spanish means "suckie, suckie". Salvador Dahli designed the wrapping on them (cool hey?!). ... read more