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A visit to Cordoba
(from Seville)
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Monday 15th November 2021
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Once again, we had remained
in Seville overnight. Today's excursion was a full day trip
to Cordoba, a beautiful city where Jews, Christians and
Muslims once peacefully coexisted. The Mosque-Cathedral
is the real highlight and as neither of us had been there
before, it was one of the factors that influenced our decision
to book this trip. Coincidentally, it was Geoff's birthday
and with another gorgeously sunny and warm day in prospect,
it seemed a perfect day out for Geoff to mark the occasion. |
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On the way to Cordoba,
the bright light intrigued us. We later found out that it
was a solar tower, part of a solar
power plant below. |
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The Mosque-Cathedral,
officially known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption,
is now a purely Catholic Church but due to its status as
a former Islamic mosque, it is also known as the Mezquita
and as the Great Mosque of Cordoba. |
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We took
way too many photos, but it was hard not to - we had never seen
anything like it before! |
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Birthday
Boy! |
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After such a feast for
the senses, we were given a guided tour of the old Jewish
quarter. Unfortunately we couldn't visit the old Jewish
Synagogue because it isn't open on a Monday. |
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At the
end of our walking tour, it was time to cross the Guadalquivir to
get to our lunch venue. |
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I was
curious about how far the river flows, the answer is quite far -
see Guadalquivir
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After
a slowish and rather large, tasty lunch, we dozed on the coach back
to Seville. |
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As the
sun began to set, it was time to sail away from Seville. |
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Free
champagne was offered (and readily accepted) for the sail away.
A wonderful end to our stay here and a fitting end to Geoff's birthday
celebrations. |
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Because the port is
quite narrow, the ship had to reverse past two bridges before
it reached the main part of the river where it could turn. |
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By the time we got
to the main lock it was dark, but we did see a train waiting
for us to pass into the lock before it could cross the lock
bridge. This is a photo of the impressive lock taken by
us when we passed through it in 2016. |
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