Jennifer and I met up with my parents in Cordoba. It was so good to be with them. It had been a tricky month, with constant back and forth as to if I was finishing in London or continuing to the end of the year. I had so many mixed emotions. I wanted to go home. I wanted to stay in London. I was lonely in London. But I LOVE London and have mixed feelings when I'm home in DC these days. Anyway... it was good to be with my parents and what an amazing opportunity to travel with them in another country.
We got into Cordoba late, so hung around the hotel a bit, strolled through town briefly and then went to dinner. We had a delightful dinner. The off to bed. We were sure to have a busy next few days!
Cordoba is most known for its Moorish monastery with a cathedral inside. It was amazing! I'll let me pictures tell you more about that.
Late in the day, we traveled to Seville. It was late afternoon when we arrived, so it was brilliant to get photograph's of the Seville Cathedral and other key sites. We ended up having dinner down by the cathedral and then back to the hotel. It had been a VERY long day so we were ready to CRASH!
The next morning my parents wanted to attend service at the cathedral, but Jennifer and I wanted to check out this other church, actually called Church of the Macarena, where supposedly is a weeping Virgin Mary. It was a lovely church and though Mary was nice, most moving to me was a piece of art, kind of statue like, or Jesus.
As we were leaving the church, a wedding was beginning. It was great fun to see the bride show up, with glowing eyes and all the family gathering around excitedly.
We met my parents back in the center of town and toured the cathedral. It was fantastic. We walked to the very top of the clock town, which had brilliant views of the city. It was an interesting tower to go up. Instead of stairs, it was all ramps, as they used to have to take horses up.
Next, we went to an old fort with these gorgeous gardens that I loved. They were the most magnificent I've seen in quite a while. I mean, I'd seen so many cool things in Spain (Dad has us hit EVERYTHING), but there was something peaceful and special about this place. Evidently others thought so too... b/c the bride and groom from Macarena were there taking pictures.
Dad had a work meeting in the afternoon (they were there for a conference he had), so us girls just spent some time at a cafe and doing some shopping. We went back to the hotel to clean up and meet Dad, and then off to a night of flamenco. It was interesting, but not at all what I expected. Kind of strange in fact, but we had a nice time. To close the night we walked around some other sites, including the bull ring, walked along the river, and then home.
Monday Jennifer left and Dad had meetings so Mom and I had a relaxed start and then went out for some shopping. We were looking for ceramic tiles, but sadly took a wrong turn and missed the area all together. Oh well. We had time to take a tour of the bull ring and grab an ice cream, before we had to set back toward the hotel for my departure.
The whole trip was such a whirlwind I hardly remember details, but who likes blogs longer than this anyway? :) Enjoy the pictures.
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