Ancient roman pillars -Cordoba
ancient Arabic decor- nice huh
Right next to the Mezquita
Courtyard made into a restaurant
Time to visit the Inquisition museum
Whips - made of metal-ouch
Many many methods of torture
3 instruments -close ,insert in orifice ,and open. guess which is for which orifice.
History of the Mezquita
Time to cross the bridge
Almost 8pm....dark huh
Calahorra tower
Ancient master builders
Time for dinner then sleep zzzzzzzzzz
The next day...time for a detailed walking tour
Back door of my hotel is through the old walls
Someone's private courtyard nice huh
Time for the Alcazar
Ancient Roman Sarcophagus
Old Roman mosaic
From the time of the Gladiators
Alcazar ...means royal Moorish palace
Huge gardens
Christopher Columbus meets the Spanish King And Queen
More roman mosaics
Look at that......
Palace and gardens
Nice ......
Higher up
Just a part of the gardens
2000 years old...
Old Arabic mosiac
More Arabic influence
To Mezquita
And finally the famous double arches
You should google this place.
Its got a very interesting history-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque%E2%80%93Cathedral_of_C%C3%B3rdoba
Roman floors under the floors. This was built over an ancient Roman temple
The prayer hall
The Cathedral
Amazing huh
Back to the Cathedral
Ornate roofs
Arabic writing
Made from mosaic stuck on one by one
The Mihrab
Dome of the Cathedral
Carved celling beams
Beautiful
A chapel off to a side
Nice
Ancient Arabic text
Back in the Cathedral
Huge pipe organ
Ornate seats for the choir
The main altar
In the courtyard
From here we went to the Roman tower which is a museum now.
Life during the Emir's time
Model of the prayer hall
And Mihrab
Top of the tower
Nice huh
Food was excellent
The next day - Sevilla
View from the roof top terrace
With its pool
Giralda
I'm NOT walking to the top...
Locals :-)
The Cathedral of Seville
Gothic
And huge.
inside...its big.
Huge columns
nice huh
Beautiful stained glass
Another huge pipe organ
Big huh
Relics
The marble floor is worn away with centuries of use
Ornate
They all have their courtyards
Now to the Royal Palace - The Alcazar
A last look at the cathedral
See the people...gives a sense of scale huh
Walls of the Alcazar
Main courtyard
Smaller one to the side
Intricate design
Huge painting...hundreds of years old
Awesome celling
Ornate everywhere
One of many courtyards
Look at that !!!
Domed roof
Another courtyard
Beautiful
For the kings
Courtyard no ..... ???
Garden no 1
And the main gardens
That water is from a Roman aqueduct
It flows to the whole gardens without pumps
So cool
Back outside
Thats the ancient gate into the city
Torre Del Oro -built by the Moroccan kings -13th century
Time for a cruise
Mediterranean houses
Under the Spanish sun
So cool
Our ride
That evening its time for the famous Spanish show
Flamenco.... :-)
Long day...
Nice huh
The next day...
Amazing
Intricate everywhere
Awesome and huge- Plaza de Espana , built 1928
Nice fountain :-P
Time for a closer look
So cool
I'm getting monumented out ;-P
Each is for one province
Huge huh
Some sights along the way on the hoppy bus
I'm too saturated already
The next day...to Nou Camp.
Huge leg room
Very comfortable
Look at the speed
A bit later in the speedy train ;-0
Roof top terrace in our hotel
Must go there
Nice
Old skool
funky building by a local artist
Barcelona's famous gothic cathedral
We came here
To see this
If you ever wonder what a Griffin is :-) :-)
View of Barcelona
Its by the sea
This is the building on the hill from earlier- Sangrat Cor
Nice
Look at that
Catalunya :-)
Finally we came here -Sangrada Familia
Arriving back in Kl i saw these 2 monsters - 2... 747s and what looks like an Antonov 124
Zoom
Spain was wonderful. The people ,sights , food and lifestyle makes it my favourite country visited by far.
Life is short.
Go see the world, near or far doesn't matter.
Just go !!!
Cheers .
