Macia Alfaros Hotel 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>

We went to visit the beautiful city of Cordoba about 1.5hrs. from Sevilla. We saw the Mezquita (Mosque), The Ancient Synagogue and The Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos. I absolutely love the architecture of the buildings here in Spain, I have never seen anything like it. There is such a mix of Jewish, Islamic and Christian influences that it looks ...

So we´ve arrived in Cordoba now. Barcelona was cool. Saw the old town and La Ramblas on the first full day. There were loads of street performers on La Ramblas that made even me look normal! Also, lots of animals, ranging from rabbits to pigeons to scorpions, for sale in small cages, which made it a bit surreal. Can't really imagine that happening on oxford street! Second day we focused on gaudi, a bit of a local legend, and ...

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 ...

... haha, get it.??. ok, so it was cheesy, but I know you're smiling) There are several schools between Portland and Eugene where I can enroll full-time. I will also continue to tutor ESL students or those who need help with Spanish. This was my attempt to catch you up with our latest feelings and decisions as they unfold on the other side of the world. Thank you to all who have kept up with our blog and kept in contact since we have been gone!

... out in the square and enjoyed our gelati, and headed back later to the hostel and went to bed as we had a big day of sightseeing planned for the following day. Saturday we got up early and had breakfast before heading to the most famous and beautiful Mosque in Spain, the Mezquita. Cordoba was ruled by Muslims for many years when the Moors took over Spain, and the Mezquita is one of the only mosques from that time left standing in modern day Spain. It was built in 785AD and it is ...

... the Spanish sun. The remainder of Cordoba consisted of seeing the town and shopping distric (don't worry Dad, no major damage yet), and a nice dinner down from our hostal. So it would seem that everything was going smoothly so far on the trip, but everyone needs a moment when you think everything will come crashing down. Our moment came the next morning when we left our room to check out get to the train station to get back to Sevilla (we had ...

... ottima ma piuttosto banale, il secondo una specie di gazpacho più denso, una salsa molto saporita al pomodoro. Adoro questo barman. Canzone del giorno: Also Sprach Zarathustra(Richard Strauss) Ci viene in mente quando alla stazione di Siviglia ci indicano un monolito per le informazioni. E' inevitabile pensare a "2001 Odissea nello spazio" e alla canzone più famosa della pellicola. Ci rimane in testa tutto il giorno.

... that it's existence was a scam and a mockery of all things sacred...I couldn't even look at it. It didn't belong there, it was foreign, it embodied violence, judgement, intolerance, and persecution. It was the enemy, the enemy of free thought, of tolerance, and of the free peoples of the world. I stepped a bit to the right and saw a priest, lecturing to people about present day issues. He told people they should not judge what takes place in the middle east, almost as if it ...

... Still, David (the pastor´s son) had a different idea and quickly set to work stacking all the chairs and pushing the family´s dining table against the wall to reveal a large open space in the middle of what had minutes ago been the combined dining-family room. So, it looked like we´d be dancing indoors after all. That was great fun, of course, and when we had quite finished with it, Sarai, the pastor´s daughter, insisted that she teach us all Sevillanas, a ...