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    Day 10: Exploring Cordoba

    February 25, 2017 in Spain ⋅ 🌫 12 °C

    First morning here in the new city. Up and out fairly early, since the main attraction in Cordoba (La Mezquita) is open for free between 8:30 and 9:30 on Saturday mornings. Lucky for us it was a Saturday morning, so down we went! We spent basically the full hour inside, exploring and gawping at the beautiful building. Not sure if I mentioned yesterday, but it's known as the Cathedral-Mosque, as it was originally a Visigoth-era Christian temple, demolished for a mosque in the 800s and then converted into a Catholic cathedral in the 14th century.

    Inside there are hundreds of white and red bricked archways which makes for a unique aspect, very unusual to look at and admire. And of course there's just a random corner with a soaring gothic cathedral ceiling, enormous organ and the usual Catholic paraphernalia (paintings of the stations of the cross etc). Also a small exhibition of the remains of the Visigoth temple that had been excavated from below the current building's floor.

    Once we were booted out of the cathedral-mosque at 9:30 (the organ started thundering so it was likely time for mass), we had a quick look around the gardens as well. There's a tall belltower as well which we considered heading up as it's the tallest point in the city, but the weather was once again gloomy and overcast so we decided to skip. Grabbed some pastries and coffee for breakfast and headed back to our apartment where we stayed for most of the rest of the day. When it's chilly and you aren't in a hurry to go anywhere, it's just so tempting to stay inside with the heater on!

    Later in the afternoon we went out for another long walk with Schnitzel. Nothing in particular, just looking at various buildings and squares, watching people enjoy life!

    Had dinner at an American diner restaurant nearby called Peggy Sue's, good burgers! Last stop for the evening was on Skype where we spoke to Shandos's niece Scarlett as it was her second birthday. She was very excited to see Schnitzel!
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