Hotel Occidental Cordoba 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>

... 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 ...

... is Shmuel Ha-Nagid writing to? Is this an issue of Hebrew grammar or, um, um..." Shmuel Ha-Nagid's poetry, so deeply shaped by Arabic poetic forms, provoked these kinds of amazing conversations about homoeroticism in medieval Hebrew poetry. But perhaps the most interesting conversation of the day happened when one of the participants from Kiev and I started talking about the future of Judaism and Jewish life. I already knew that most Russian-speaking Jews have little ...

... where they have like little outdoor aerobic machines, like a rower and elliptical, but not like electronic... it looks like so much fun. There were also these old men playing bocce ball and a guy playing the trumpet on a bench. I came back and Lola, her cleaning lady, cleaning lady's daughter, and Holly were all in the kitchen, so I came in and sat for a while, practicing my Spanish verbs and trying to understand what was going on. The ...

... minibuses at a random petrol station en route from Granada to Cordoba. It was slightly confusing when we drove straight through a city that looked like Cordoba and past the signs indicating the route to the Mezquita (mosque) which is the main attraction in Cordoba. Turned out that the guide and the driver knew what they were doing - our first stop was not to be the Mezquita, but was Madinat al-Zahra ...

Ohhh man. I must say that last night was one of the best nights of the entire trip thus far. The Spanish kids took us our for a night on the town & we went to a few small pubs and then ended up at a local disco - and we proceeded to make a scene & act dumb and dance - all of that good stuff. I had to bust out my white boy moves at least once before we left this great country - and I must say - it was ...

... the murk and, as the mist slowly burns off, you can see the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos turning golden in the strengthening sun. Once a palace to the Christian kings, softly lit it looks inviting, but it became the headquarters of the Inquisition from 1490 to 1821 and operated as a prison until the mid- 20th century. The map of Cordoba shows plazas and piazzas. These are not in the Italian style. Many are as mundane as larger-than-normal traffic ...

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... probably the only thing I didn't have trouble finding. It is in fact kind of hard to miss. The Mesquita is incredibly huge, and it has even been rebuilt and expanded several times. Its main characteristic has not been changed though: the forest of pillars inside of it with their significant red and white brick arches. It truly is amazing to walk around inside of this substantial religious building. It really does look just as incredible unique like on postcards. Afterwards I got ...