Cordoba - Saturday 17th February 2018

We were up bright and early this morning (4am - still the middle of the night!) to catch our early morning flight to Seville in Spain.  We landed in a very foggy Seville to catch a bus, then a train, and then a taxi to get to our apartment in the town of Cordoba (quite literally planes, trains and automobiles...).

Cordoba is a thousand year old town in the Andalusia region of Spain that has UNESCO status. It has a lovely old quarter with a network of alleys, Squares and white washed houses around the Mezquita, a Mosque-cathedral which Cordoba is famous for.

When we arrived we dropped off our bags and had a walk around the town before we stopped for lunch at a traditional tavern.

 

One of the narrow streets

In the afternoon we visited the Mezquita which was both huge and stunning!



Outside of the Mezquita

The original mosque was built on the site in the 8th Century and when Cordoba returned to Christian rule in 1236 it was changed to a mosque-cathedral.

 

 



I have not been feeling well on and off for the last few days and it seemed to really hit me today - after a bit of a sleep we then went out to a local tapas bar that the owner of our apartment recommended which was close by - it wasn't anything fancy but was filled with locals and had a lovely atmosphere - we ordered some patatas bravas, fried cod and some hard boiled eggs filled with tuna and it was all very nice - and along with our drinks only cost 18 Euro too!