June 22 in Spain

Yesterday we left Malaga on a day-long trip to Cordoba. My meal at the hotel probably my least favorite so far, mostly due to the lack of hot chocolate. The croissants were also suboptimal. We left our hotel at about 8:00 am to catch the 9:00 train. We passed through the fairly lax security, then waited for the train to leave the station. I was very tired, and napped for most of the ride. When we arrived, I waited impatiently while Baba chatted with a stranger for the zillionth time.  When we finally got in the bus, we quickly got off, near the famous La Mozquita. Turns out it was closed until the afternoon, so we when to the other tourist attraction, the synagogue. That was closed for restoration. Right next to the synagogue, there was a museum about the history of Spanish Jews, which we went into.

The synagogue!!!

We ate lunch at a local tapas restaurant; the food was mediocre. After lunch we walked back to La Mozquita, and were met with a very long line. Baba was determined to go in, though, so we got on the end. When we did get inside, the wait was worth it. Apparently there are one thousand columns, with arches connecting them all. Due to that it was originally a mosque and then a cathedral, there was a strange mix of the two cultures inside the building. Here are some photos:

After the mosque, we had nothing more to do, so we took an early train back to Malaga. At the hotel I read my book for a while; then we set off for dinner. Our dinner was also a tapas bar, and like usual Baba had to talk to every single person she saw. My tapas were good but not great, but I think this was my fault for not order food I would have liked the most. After dinner  we had flan, then went back to the hotel and went to sleep.