Parador 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 ...

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 ...

... secular Russian Jews so adamantly argue that Judaism has no future outside of Orthodoxy. "So then you, and all of our group, is part of the problem of Judaism." "Yes," as he began railing against Reform Judaism, which "isn't Judaism at all." The questions about what is "real" or "true" Judaism came up in our bus conversation about planning for Shabbat. Here I was with a group of six Russian-speaking Jews, most from Chicago, not Kiev, who kept "wanting to do it right. So ...

... is the last weekend in February. I am very excited!! Dinner was vegetable pasta w/ sausage aka hot dogs and then I did a bunch of reading and planning for trips. Wednesday: Early classes again. First two were good and then we accomplished basically nothing in POE and grammar because the teacher started talking in English all the time again. Joslyn and I would try to ask her how to say the stuff she was saying in Spanish and ask ...

... it was still relatively early in the day, the Cordoba heat had already shown itself as we were walking around the sight. Didn´t bode well for the rest of the day. We got back on the minibus and headed back to the main city of Cordoba where we were taken on a walking tour of the Jewish part of town. Over time, Cordoba has been home to significant numbers of Jewish, Muslim and Christian/Catholic people. It ...

... become like a second home to me & I will always have a special place for it in my heart. My neighborhood, the people, the night spots, the sites, and my newly found Spanish friends have all made this experience life-changing and I will never forget that. I am holding on to the hope of returning later in my life to re-kindle some of what I have experienced over the last month and a half. Tonight, the ...

... and knockered, wooden gates set in two foot thick, 50 foot high earthen walls painstakingly carved with Koranic texts. You cross the open courtyard beneath the orange trees in their rigid grid, submerged in the sound of splashing water and the scent of ripening fruit. Then another set of forbidding doors before passing into languid peace of the mosque. Showing positively Byzantine economy, parts of the previous Roman temple and Visigoth church ...

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... believe that now. Only in few streets is there room for a vehicle in that area, and that is mostly on the outskirts. That place truly is a maze! I had read in guide books that Córdoba's center around the mosque was a maze with skinny streets, but I didn't know it would be that litteral! I had to see it to believe it. It certainly was way worse than I could possibly fathom in my mind. However, it certainly made for an interesting day, and I got a lot of exercise at the same time too ;)