Cordoba Center

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... shallow and laden with yellow silt as it passed under a pre-Moslem Roman-era bridge and some old ruined mill structures. Cordoba was under Moorish control from 716 until 1236, and for around the first 300 years it was the undisputed capital of Al ...

... own ink, which we all tried but not much of a taste and the color is rather off putting.   Buenos noches - cordoba shirley  Bob's turn;  I've seen many cathedrals but the one in Toledo is near the top.  Eight ...

... imagine we walked out about 200 pounds heavier.  Right afterwards we started waddling through the streets of Cordoba.  The colonial center turned out to be quite small and compact.  We were a little dissapointed there ...

... meegenomen oordoppen blijken nu al zijn nut te hebben bewezen. Na een ontbijtje vertrek ik lopend richting het oude centrum van Cordoba om wat kerken en kathedralen te bekijken. Cordoba is overigens  qua grootte de tweede stad van Argentinie met zon ...

... come and go, usually for no obvious reason.  Deciding to shake it by going for a long walk we explored Nueva Cordoba to the south of the centre and then made our way to the bus terminal to book an overnight bus to Mendoza for two day's time and to ...

... spent the remainder of the morning doing some admin before making our way to the train station in preparation for our journey to Cordoba.  We had booked first class tickets so were very excited but unsure what this would entitle us to.  We were ...

... into a museum and has lots of pictures and old letters of his etc. It was quite interesting but afterwards we went straight back to Cordoba coz there was nothing else to do. So not very exciting all in all and probably the first place so far we could have ...

... just a shame that we didn't understand a word of her Spanish, as our Spanish is still shamefully bad. We checked in into the Cordoba Backpackers Hostel, which isn’t too bad, seeing as we don’t have to sleep in bunk beds and it’s small ...

... of a city – there was no WOW factor here. Unlike the Lyingplanet’s description – "Cordoba boasts the country’s finest colonial center, with a gorgeous central plaza and exquisite Jesuit architecture". Yeah – this it ...

... -and they made us feel even more welcome in their city. Now it was time to find the BMW dealer and we drove through the center of Cordoba to the other side of town.   Cordoba is a nice, big city with a modern city center and lots of young ...

... & 2pm-8pm, just off Plaza San Martín, between the cathedral and the cabildo/town hall), the former torture and detention centre in the centre of Córdoba.  I doubt anywhere in Córdoba could trump it in terms of having a long-lasting effect on ...

... ! Called Virginia, who took a half day from work. She brought us out to the University where she and Nicholas studied. Cordoba is viewed as the centre of education in Argentina, it all goes back to the Jesuits who set up one of the first Universities in ...

... clearly time to eat lunch.  I was absolutely starved.  It was around this time when I realized something important about Cordoba: finding a quick place to eat is nearly impossible.  The vast majority of the businesses in the entire old city ...

... centre was -it was kind of hard to miss the huge wall surrounding it!  Luckily I ran into a friendly tourist before I entered the center. She was kind enough to give me her map, and some direction tips; At that point she knew better than me, just ...

... to pass the time.  We got into Granada at around 9:30, and I walked in the door of my apartment at 10:00.  Cordoba was a success!  I had a great time and am still really excited that I got to see the cathedral! :) 2/28/10 Today was another ...

... with its ornate ceiling decoration (Janine, you and your harp came to mind right away!) than the collection of 19th and 20th century cordob''s art works. Never mind, it was a nice place to warm up for a few minutes. On the street again fruit and vegetable ...

... actually lumps of fat! Not good... Our bus to Salta was that evening so we collected our bags from the hotel and walked to the bus terminal. We both really liked Cordoba, and would definitely recommend people take a short visit if travelling Argentina! ...