This morning we were out the door by 9:30am so that we could beat the day-trippers before they come in to town - even though it is not peak season Cordoba gets very busy with people coming in from Seville and Malaga for the day. We followed a walking tour that I had in my guide book which took us through the narrow streets.
Our next port of call was on the outskirts of the town which took us out of the main tourist area and in to the area where people live - we stopped off at a café on the way which was full of locals, and where nobody spoke any English! Bearing in mind our Spanish is limited to saying hello, thank you and counting up to 4 I think we did pretty well - the poor waiter was gabbling way in Spanish at us and we just sat there with blank expressions - in the end he gave up and we managed to order two coffees and some churros and chocolate to share - very tasty!
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| Breakfast to share! |
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| Hmmm yum! |
With our tums full we moved on to Palacio de Viana, a Renaissance palace with 12 beautiful, plant-filled patios. As they only had tours of the palace in Spanish we decided to just look round the patios - even at this time of the year they were very pretty.
We then walked back in to the main part of town and we were going to look around the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos (which is like a castle/palace from the medieval ages) but when we got there the queues were huge so we decided to go for a wander through the old town instead. We are glad we did as we came across a carnival procession so we stopped to watch that - it had a children's theme with lots of clowns and superheros and it was good to watch and take in the atmosphere of everyone enjoying the parade.
We then went back to our apartment for a siesta (well we are in Spain!).
The owner of the apartment had recommended that we go for a walk over the other side of the river at dusk to see the town all lit up - it was a nice walk and the views were lovely.
In the evening we went to another tapas restaurant close to our apartment that I had seen on Trip Advisor. We chose their set tapas menu so that we could try something a bit different - we had the Salmorejo which is a traditional dish in Cordoba - it is a cold, creamy tomato soup with ham and egg on top - potato omelette, aubergines with a sweet sauce, meatballs in almond and saffron sauce, deep fried cod, pork stew and for dessert a biscuit and chocolate cake. We were very full at the end of the meal but it was all very nice and there wasn't anything we didn't like!
We have really enjoyed our time in Cordoba and glad we stayed a couple of nights to fully appreciate the town - we are off to Seville tomorrow!
The owner of the apartment had recommended that we go for a walk over the other side of the river at dusk to see the town all lit up - it was a nice walk and the views were lovely.
In the evening we went to another tapas restaurant close to our apartment that I had seen on Trip Advisor. We chose their set tapas menu so that we could try something a bit different - we had the Salmorejo which is a traditional dish in Cordoba - it is a cold, creamy tomato soup with ham and egg on top - potato omelette, aubergines with a sweet sauce, meatballs in almond and saffron sauce, deep fried cod, pork stew and for dessert a biscuit and chocolate cake. We were very full at the end of the meal but it was all very nice and there wasn't anything we didn't like!
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| Salmorejo soup |
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| Deep fried cod and fried aubergine in a sweet sauce |
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