Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Day 90: Cordoba to Granada
August 24: Still having a great time and loving the architecture and culture. The people are friendly too.
Did a walking tour of the city this morning - walked around the city wall, Maimonides Square (influential Jewish man, commented on Jewish writings, started Kabballah in many ways too - I think), the river, old city gate and Mesquita (old Mosque now a church), very spectacular - interesting architecture (see photo). Also paid a visit to the Alcazar and the beautiful gardens there.
Had a brief walk around the Jewish quarter and visited another synagague in my free time.
Arrived in the Granada in the early afternoon, where we headed straight to the Alhambra (old fortress and palace from the 13-15th centuries when the Muslims ruled the country) to do a guided tour. Very beautiful.
Dinner in the hotel before heading out to experience the nightlife... and that was amazing too!
We ended up going to a bar underneath the bullring. They happened to have salsa dancing (classes) on that night, and it was loads of fun. Cuban instructor, lots of spanish guys, then continued to practise with guys from our tour. Dancing among ourselves however was more frequent as the night wore on. Great feeling doing salsa in Spain under a bullring!
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