Monday, November 10, 2008

Day 3 Cordoba

Monday:  Happy Birthday to my sister Jennifer!!!  I started out with running group in Retiro park, and then we boarded the high speed train to Cordoba (sweet!).
Beautiful day in Cordova.  We visited the Mezquita (means little Mosque but it was HUGE).  Story goes the Moors (Muslims from Africa) built this great building but it does not officially face Mecca because of some arrogent Muslim ruler guy.  Then the Catholics took over and built their stuff right in the middle and kicked the Moors back to Africa.

This is a photo of our guides' shoes:


This is a photo of the courtyard in the Mezquita...notice the irrigation system to the orange trees.

Tomorrow, run down the river before boarding the bus to Granada.

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