Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Córdoba, Andalusia 22.3.12 - 24.3.12

The no 4 bus took me to the small and friendly Hotel La Boutique Puerta Osario.  Just 3 stops.


The road is so narrow you have to jump on the pavement and take a deep breath if a car comes along.

From the hotel the town was easily re discovered in an afternoon sun.


Breakfast and dinner are both a stone's throw away in the nearest plaza (San Miguel).  And by luck, there is Cien Montaditos!

Dinner was taken in the hugely popular (with locals) El Pisto.  (And that's what I ate, with Rosada.  Think I'll turn into a fish, swim home and not be able to face Waitrose's best for some time!)


I was excited about seeing The Mezquita again.  It's essential to visit before 10am for three reasons: it's free, there are no groups and you have to be silent.  It's a travesty that they won't let Muslims worship there.

Here's a door.


To read up on the Mezquita see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral%E2%80%93Mosque_of_C%C3%B3rdoba
Here's another door.

And the garden (in the afternoon)




A close up of the bell tower (added much later by the Christians, see the link above) follows on my next post

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