Hotel Tryp 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>

... 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.

... city easily. <br>As always the Cathedral is one of the most visited areas to see. One of the most visited place in Cordoba is the Zaharat Archaeological place where most of the Muslims used to live long time ago. <br>By mid day we started to drive back to Madrid.

... to deal with which is very hard with a language barrier. Saturday (today) we went on a few trips throughout Seville. First to a Castle that was built in the early 1300s by the King of Spain. Then we got a tour of the Cathedral. I found out it was built in the late 1400s, early 1500s and this Cathedral is where the remains of Christopher Columbus are. It was very interesting. Anyways, everything else here is great. I hope everyone had a good week!

... Visigothic church once stood. The Moors later built a mosque (or mezquita) upon the ruins. The construction of the mosque began in 785 A.D. In 1236 King Ferdinand III reconquered Córdoba and turned the mosque into a church. Much of the old mosque makes up the cathedral today. About 70 percent of the original structure of the mosque has remained unchanged. The size alone is incredible. It is easy to get lost inside. In fact ...

... she spoke no English, so the other girls had to keep translating for me, which must have been pretty annoying for them. We filled out a true or false questionnaire and went over them and she just told us that we need to go to the office to start. I'm a little nervous about doing that, though, because if they don't speak any English I foresee some major problemos! I'm going to go there sometime this week, though. Lunch was rice with ...

... for wear from walking so much in the heat. Not to mention the fact that the guide gave all of his explanations etc in Spanish. Did wonders for my Spanish as I understood most of what he was saying, but it was fairly tiring for my brain. By 6pm we were all tired and got back on the bus for the return trip to Granada. Had been quite a good day and am definitely glad that I made the effort to go. Pictures to follow...

... I went home & ate lunch and then quickly left to go meet with my little "click" to watch the U.S.A. vs. Ghana World Cup soccer match. The U.S. looked very strong until they surrendered the go-ahead goal in the last minute of the first-half. The second-half was just miserable to watch. So first the Mavs lose in the finals and now the U.S.A. has a poor showing at the World Cup - And don't even get me started on how the Dallas Stars choked ...

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Last night at the hostel in Granada was the Indian Dinner Party. SO we had chickpea curry with rice, salad, and white wine sangria. It wasn´t too bad. I prefer red wine sangria though, but it was still good. Hung around with some people I had met and then at about 1am, a huge group of about 15-20 people from the hostel went down the road to this club called Tantra Bar. It was kind of slow when we got there, but we got a free drink and the music was decent ...