Hotel Nh Califa Córdoba

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. :)<br><br>Hasta luego mis amigos!<br>

... to see them in the original state but it is what it is thanks to history. The town was small, beautiful and full of life but not a place I could live, I need more chaos! Overall I really enjoyed the visit to Cordoba, I never really realized how much I liked architecture and art until I got here and can't wait to explore it more in the coming months.

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 ...

... leader and poet (yes, imagine if the American commander-in-chief was also the poet laureate!) It turned out that despite the awesome spectacle of the gardens and buildings, which we toured in the blazing heat of day and under the stars at night, the poetry reading that we did sitting on the floor of a mini-coliseum was the most meaningful part of the visit. Poetry reading is something I do with all of my students, but Russians have such a rich tradition of poetry as ...

... tea with milk with Julia, Claudia, and Claudia's roommate from Morocco! Monday: Early rise again- 6:45 ewwwwww. Hispanicamerica and Spanish culture and civilization I think are both pretty interesting. Spanish POE and grammar were good, too. I'm so excited to be learning Spanish! Came back, lunch- some kind of fish dish with potatoes. While I was eating it, I really liked it and ate it, but afterwards I couldn't get the taste out ...

The great mosque is a must see in this part of the world. A pity that the Christians stuck a cathedral in the middle, but it's still impressive. Cordoba seemed very pleasant, albeit quite small and isolated. That it was once the Western capital of the Muslim world makes it somewhat mysterious aswell.

... the Inquisition, and was not heavily used since then. Very rarely it is used for Jewish weddings, but for the most part, it is just a mini-museum now. We had about 3 hours of free time, which of course meant shopping for Cindy and I, since Cordoba is the leading silver producer in the country! The whole area was really cool to walk through because most of the shops were located in former medieval serf villages, which means that there is an open plaza with a fountain or well in ...

... into a soft focus haze in the middle distance. Every so often we would pass the massive, black silhouette of a cardboard-cutout El Toro in all his anatomical glory. The bull is the symbol of Spain. It is also the logo of Osborne's sherry. In the 1980s roadside advertising was outlawed and the Osborne's El Toro was under threat of demolition. Petitions were raised, sit ins organized and today, with the advertising painted out, the Osborne's El Toro is ...

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... into a friendly tourist before I entered the center. She was kind enough to give me her map, and some direction tips; At that point she knew better than me, just how tricky it is to find the way around the maze of Córdoba. Miraculously I easily found the hostel I first had in mind to stay at. I wasn't really surprised to find out that the guy hadn't understood a word of what I had been saying, though, so staying there was unfortunately no longer an option. It was okay, but a little ...