The day didn´t start off auspiciously - despite being told to be at the meeting point at 8am to get on the bus, we were still waiting at the meeting point for the bus at 8.30am...which, on a Sunday morning, isn´t the greatest way to spend half an hour that early in the morning.  Anyway, just before 9am the minibus arrived and about 12 of us...

Up and at 'em early again this morning, we hopped a train out of Sevilla Santa Justa bound for Córdoba station. Just as in Sevilla, the suburbs are hideously bland and modern, but after about 15 to 20 minutes walk, we got into the picturesque historic center. Unlike Sevilla's colorful old barrios, Córdoba's Judería is a labyrinthine district of ...

I have no doubt that Cordoba is a lovely city, but many of its charms were lost to me when I visited on Saturday. I think this trip was ill-fated from the start. I originally signed up to go to Cordoba on an organized tour through CLM (Centro de Lenguas Modernas--my school). A week or so before the trip as supposed to take place, a sign appeared...