Europe 2021: Cordoba

Europe 2021:

Cordoba

I'm so far behind posting pictures from this trip that I'm just going to give up on the commentary for the most part and drill through the pictures from the locations. Next up on our itinerary was the city of Cordoba. 

There are other things to see in Cordoba, but of course the main thing people come to the city to visit is the famous Mezquita de Cordoba. It's an active cathedral today and holds a daily Mass. The structure is fascinating and it holds great importance in the history of Islamic architecture. 

Beyond the Mosque, there are remnants of Roman architecture throughout Cordoba. It's a decent walking city - at least the old town around the river. We stayed in this area while we were here and just roamed. We visited a few sites and ate and generally just hung out. Our hotel was directly across the street from the Mezquita.

Casa El Pimpo!

I got a haircut.

Uh-oh. Nel's face issues are back.

So we have this rule when we travel - it's really more of a guideline, but whatever - that we only eat at places that we can't get back home. Every once in a while I will break that rule. In this case, for some reason, I was craving Burger King at probably 1:00am. 

Branelle - just sitting on the steps of one of the most famous examples of Islamic Architecture in the world, at 1:00am.....waiting as I grab a Whopper!

Breakfast at our hotel.

We stayed at the Hotel El Conquistador, which was right across the street from the Mezquita. When you walked out the front door, you were about 30 feet from one of the entrances to it. The common areas were quite nice, but the room wasn't great. Location was impossible to beat though.