Dec.7 Cordoba
We dove to Cordoba, and walked through a ghost town because it was a holiday, and everything was closed. We made our way to a ½ cathedral and ½ Mosque. It was absolutely splendid, what with the ingenious watering system in the orangery and the simplicity of the Mosque. In face the only thing that wasn’t beautiful was the cathedral part. When it was first built, it was a cathedral, but then the Muslims came and tore it down, putting up a Mosque in its place. When the Muslims where conquered, it was turned back into a cathedral. Then, to attract more tourists, the tore down most of the cathedral (did I mention that when it was turned into a cathedral again, it was a renovation, not a demolition) and it was a Mosque again. They left the chapel and the nave though. So, after that, we went for lunch. This was more of a drink because the Spanish weren’t ready for lunch yet. Unfortunalty, it was incredibly smoky, but there was Wi-Fi, so we staid for a while. Then we did a bit of shopping where we didn’t buy anything. We then went home.
We dove to Cordoba, and walked through a ghost town because it was a holiday, and everything was closed. We made our way to a ½ cathedral and ½ Mosque. It was absolutely splendid, what with the ingenious watering system in the orangery and the simplicity of the Mosque. In face the only thing that wasn’t beautiful was the cathedral part. When it was first built, it was a cathedral, but then the Muslims came and tore it down, putting up a Mosque in its place. When the Muslims where conquered, it was turned back into a cathedral. Then, to attract more tourists, the tore down most of the cathedral (did I mention that when it was turned into a cathedral again, it was a renovation, not a demolition) and it was a Mosque again. They left the chapel and the nave though. So, after that, we went for lunch. This was more of a drink because the Spanish weren’t ready for lunch yet. Unfortunalty, it was incredibly smoky, but there was Wi-Fi, so we staid for a while. Then we did a bit of shopping where we didn’t buy anything. We then went home.
Dec.9 Gibraltar
It’s a two hour drive there, but as they are a part of the UK, they speak English and use pounds. They also have a VERY large rock that dwarfs the town and has apes (Makacks) on it. When we arrived, we spent a good half hour looking for the elusive tourist’s office, before
stopping a sort-of information place. So, they directed us to the cable car. When we where there, a sale's man intercepeted us and told us that the cable car was more expensive then his car and, if you take the cable car, you have to walk to the sites and pay those seperately. So we went in his car, to the pillars of Hercules, where you can see across the nine mile long striat of gibralter. Then we drove to St. Micheal's cave. It's been around since the Neandertals were around, and it is amazing. Some of the colomns look like a lopsided cake! It's very beautiful in there. Next we went to see the monkeys. Then tour giude go the monkeys to jump on our heads. They aren't potty trained!!! No one had any acctidents though. Then we went to the Great Seige tunnles. It was boring, then we drove down the rock again.
It’s a two hour drive there, but as they are a part of the UK, they speak English and use pounds. They also have a VERY large rock that dwarfs the town and has apes (Makacks) on it. When we arrived, we spent a good half hour looking for the elusive tourist’s office, before
stopping a sort-of information place. So, they directed us to the cable car. When we where there, a sale's man intercepeted us and told us that the cable car was more expensive then his car and, if you take the cable car, you have to walk to the sites and pay those seperately. So we went in his car, to the pillars of Hercules, where you can see across the nine mile long striat of gibralter. Then we drove to St. Micheal's cave. It's been around since the Neandertals were around, and it is amazing. Some of the colomns look like a lopsided cake! It's very beautiful in there. Next we went to see the monkeys. Then tour giude go the monkeys to jump on our heads. They aren't potty trained!!! No one had any acctidents though. Then we went to the Great Seige tunnles. It was boring, then we drove down the rock again. After, we went for lunch in the Gibralter Arms. I had british fish and chips. It was very very good. Then we went to the glass factory, but it was closing.... *Cries* then we went home.
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