Macia Alfaros Hotel Córdoba

We got up at 11am and drove to the old city of Toledo for a tour of the Cathedral. The cathedral was built in 1226 and took 267 years to complete. It was soooo beautiful. Shae was a trooper again. She hung in her stroller for our walking tour of the cathedral (over an hour). We headed up the mountain side so Mike could get a large format shot with the big dog camera. I hope the pictures turn out!

We left Toledo and headed out on our 3 ...

... to know that we are off to one little town to relax for the next 3 days or so..... thankfully we were able to buy tickets and we are pretty tired since we have been up since 4am to catch a flight at 6am this morning... why you ask, do we do this to ourselves on vacation... we have been asking ourselves the same question...

peace out! our bus leaves in 22 minutes...

later later

... towns, there’s a real mix of architecture: Roman on the bottom, Moorish on top of that, and Christian/Renaissance on top of that. Or, if you’re lucky, all three together. Cordoba was also big in the Islamic occupation of 800 years. We’ll visit the 'Caliph’s Cathedral’ tomorrow – the palaces & gardens take up about ½ of that old quarter downtown.

Today’s ...

... 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 ...

... sauce and fried egg. Muy bien. Took a 15 minute siesta and then Lauren and I went to a café to do some homeworkPotter and drink hot chocolate. At 8, we had an intercambio meeting, where I talked for about 45 minutes with this oldish Spanish man, Rodrigo, in English. I tried throwing in a few Spanish words, but he knew a lot of English, so that was easier. It was a good experience, though, and the other girls met some good intercambios, so ...

... se me hizo cara en comparacion con otros monumentos y museos, pero la verdad es que es un lugar unico, en ninguna otra parte he visto la union del catolicismo y lo musulman, ademas de que es un refugio para el calor angustiante. Entras y centenares de columnas forman arcos de herradura para crear un efecto de infinidad, a un lado tenues raytos de luz se cuelan por los asteriscos que perforan las puertas de madera oscura, capillas por las paredes laterales e ...

Howdy y'all! So once again, not really much to report on today - So my apologies if that is starting to sound repetitive. Presentations were the highlight of the day in studio. I believe that my group's presentation went really well, but we still have a lot of work to do for our final presentation on Thursday. I cannot believe how fast my time in Spain has gone. Seems like only yesterday that we arrived here. Saddening :( You can check out my picture gallery if you ...

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oct/18(martes)
為了Š 01;進去Alcazar和Ħ 94;太會堂,所 0197;多 ...

... our tour of the Alcazar it started raining, so we had to cut the tour short (missing the gardens and some more of the Barrio Santa Cruz). Instead we got tiempo libre (free time) during which we strolled around the gardens (when the rain stopped) and strolled around town. At 1:00 or so we met in the Plaza de Triunfo (every city has one) to go to the same restaurante for lunch. Personally i think the lunch yesterday was better, but the food was still good in my ...