Cordoba

A few weeks ago, I went to Cordoba and Granda and both cities were beautiful and packed with history. (I look really sloppy in my pictures...bc i barely made it to the bus on time...)

Anyway, in Cordoba, we stayed in the old part of town near the MEZQUITA. The history behind the city is the transformation from religion, to religion, to religion. (I sorta got lost between the specific groups..) After the inquisition, the Catholics/Christians? came in and instead of tearing the mosque down, they decided to build the cathedral inside. It's pretty amazing. I sorta forgot what the arches symbolize.. but they look really cool! If you look closely.. some of them are painted (bc they got lazy).

(can you see how the ones in the back are painted?)

(the ceiling of the church that was built inside the mosque)

As we took a tour of the city, we walked down the famous CALLE DE LAS FLORES (which will probably look a lot cooler in the spring/summer), but it was perfect when we walked down because one of the stores was playing flamenco music and it really felt like Spain.

We tried some of the typical food there.. and I can say it was alright. We tried SALMOREJO, which is a reddish-cold soup. It was thicker than gazpacho and has mostly tomatoes and olive oil. We also had FLAMENQUINES, which is some type of meat and ham rolled up and deep fried. Usually it's served with mayonnaise and can be served at 40cm long! We also had BERENJENAS con MIEL. They deep fry pieces of eggplant and give you thick honey to dip them in. yummmmm.

salmorejo

flamenquines

berenjenas con miel