Finca El Juncal Córdoba
Ctra. Villaviciosa Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands
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I'll go this way......
... fun but can't go to fast....for a bit at least...don't want to bottom the suspension too much....makes for a tricky ride in tight corners. so I stop a lot and take a ton of pics on the way....and eventually pop out at a place that has a Cafe...time for a cappuccino.
The Analucian villages are cool to see as they are cut into mountains...and all painted white. Another thing is that there are castles everywhere....look at a hill and chances ...
Wonders of Cordoba
... clothes and set out for a quick meal because we had decided to get tickets for the luz and sonida show at the Alcazar. We passed by a few restaurants and settled on a place that had a set menu of the day for 10 euros. We had a hard time deciding what to have since we didn't know most of the items. I ended up with a ratatouille with fried egg on top for primo course; Juliet had chicken soup with a hard-boiled egg in it. For ...
The Frying Pan of Spain
... part of the Mosquita is moving. A simple beautiful arch design that continues throughout till the mihrab, here a lush rich mosaic designates the most holy part of the mosque. There is a reverence about the mosque and its age and beauty are inspiring. One of our favourite parts was that in the last extension the ruler Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir who allowed the stone masons to sign their names on the columns and ...
ROMAN RUINS
... and most are closed to traffic. Even with emailed instructions from the hotel and the TomTom we kept going in circles because one of the roads is closed for construction. Finally we parked the car and walked to the hotel. Tomorrow we will visit Mezquita, a former mosque, now a cathedral. Tonight we walked the Jewish quarter and had a wonderful dinner. The area is teeming with history of multiple cultures that we'll learn ...
Surprisingly relaxing
... rest against the mosque to review the map. Then I grabbed an ice cream cone. And walked down to the roman bridge. The bridge was originally built about 152BC ... So I continued my walk to the old watermill. This is the first time this trip where time doesn't matter .... There are no schedules. I came here to see one thing, the mosque. So anything else is just a bonus. Even the tourist seem more relaxed. No rushing like ...

