Abetos Del Maestre-Escuela Córdoba

... if we could try one that was LESS sweet and LESS strong, and received a wonderfully smooth white wine - the only one I liked. We were not impressed with the sweet wines the region is known for, but the winery itself was a pretty cool place. We got to see how it was made, stored, processed - you name it, we saw it! We had lunch after and then went to the ruins, which I had already visited with my program. I tried explaining the history behind them, but Jeremy turned ...

I need to post my photos from the Alcazar. And I now need to post photos from the Mezquita in Cordoba. Both were awesome. Beyond words. They require pictures. But, I am too lazy to post them right now. However, I have a 3.5 hour ride to Granada tomorrow. So hopefully I will get a bit more organized during that trip and post when I arrive at the oasis... no, the hostel is actually called Oasis. :)

Hasta luego mis amigos!

... amazing. I would love to describe everything I saw but am having a hard time finding the right words...it is just one of those things you need to see for yourself to fully apprecaite. Despite how beautiful these buildings are it saddens me that so many of these buildings were altered from their original state. It would have been absolutely ...

Ah... One of the cities in Spain by far is Cordoba. If you are into photography, night shots of the old city of Cordoba is a must to do. The city is surrounded by a fortress. We got a room in a hotel just outside of the old city. 15 minutes walk will take you to the ...

... a brisk business with tourists. The horses wore funny eye masks that blocks side vision, presumably help them focus on work. Official drink is sangria, with little bits orange peels bobbing up and down the pretty pink glass. Explore beyond the ubiquitous Pealla, and you will awarded with delicously grilled seafood, sausages, ham with potato, and the flavorful Spanish omlette- really an omlette of patato. At night, you may be lucky enough to get a ticket to the concert in Alcazar garden ...

... Geoffrey, wanted to know if we were English (it really is that obvious!). We ended up talking to them for over 2 hours! They were spending 3 weeks travelling in Andalucia, visiting Granada, Cordoba and Seville, which was something Terry had wanted to do for ages. It turns out that Terry was originally from Birmingham, and they now both live in Coventry......such a small world.

... good, but the rain kept coming back. Still we got to relax heaps and walked a fair bit on Santorini without getting too wet. When we returned to Athens we had time to see the Parthenon and Acropolis, but we were pretty underwhelmed with the city itself. After Meteora, the city was just grotty and touristy. Oh well. We had 5 days in Stuttgart after our loop. We helped cousin Martin celebrate his 50th birthday party (and what a party it was!) and of course enjoyed Aunty ...

... it with ketchup. The idea is really good, except that I found the hot dog to be mostly uncooked and not tasting too much like a hot dog. By 11:30, fifty thousand or more people must have shown up because everywhere I looked, all I could see was people. All up and down the 4 or 5 main drags and all around the entrance area and filling up the entire bridge over the river was a solid mass of people. At midnight they ...

... all used to, Cordoba is made up of small, narrow passages that connect at all sorts of different diagonals. A smart car (like the world's smallest car ever made, for those who don't know), has trouble navigating a great deal of these streets. Guided by a few glimpses of the Minaret (notice, I *refuse* to call it or any other "converts" a bell tower. **** that, it's a ****ing minaret, it was established as a *minaret* of a *mosque* and thus, that is the vocabulary I'm going to ...

... we decided to stay in for the night and watch the computer (Movies on the computer have become normal with the lack of televisions in our lives). 7 a.m. and we were on our way back to the land of rain and gloom. Ah, Santiago... And if you're wondering why there aren't any pictures of this trip.. it's because they are all still on my camera that the nice little manage in the fancy restaurant in Cordoba is mailing to me! oopsy.