Oh you know...just travelin around Spain :)

Wow I am so lucky! This popped into my head when I was sitting in a plaza in Cordoba eating a delicious ice cream cone in the warm sun with the infamous Mezquita in the background.  This weekend we went to Salobrena, which is a beach about a hour away from Granada. It was really fun; our search for a frisbee finally ended when we found one in Salobrena. So we spent the day playing frisbee , soaking up the sun, and might I add I swam in the Mediterranean! The water was too cold last weekend in Almunecar but this weekend I ventured out into the sea several times, it was so refreshing! :) Then we cam back to Granada and left for Cordoba the next morning, The first thing we saw in Cordoba was The Mezquita. The Mezquita is an extraordinary figure mixed with Islamic and Christian influence. It was first a Visigothic church built in the 5th century then when the Moors ruled Abd Al-Rahman bought the church, leveled it to build the mosque but there are still ruins from the church below the mosque today. The mosque contains 850 columns topped with double arches to reflect the immensity and complexity of God's creation. Then in 1236 Christians conquered the city and turned the mosque into a church. Most of the mosque was kept intact except in the middle where 16 columns were removed to make way for a Gothic chapel. It was amazing to walk through and see the different styles and types of architecture all in one place. Also in Cordoba believe it or not there is also a Jewish Quarter form the late Middle Ages and has one of three synagogues in Spain. This synagogue that we saw was the last and only one to still be preserved in Spain today. All in all the day in Cordoba was perfect!