Arrival in Cordoba

We have been dodging the rain again today, although it is not quite so cold. Here is a castle we passed on the trip from Granada with orange trees in the forground.

We have allready fallen in love with Cordoba even though we have only been here half a day. The tourist office is housed in what was the chapel of an old hospital, and this means very, very old. Check out the doors!

We walked past the Mezquita with it's ornate exterior decoration over some of the old entrances,

and then walked over an old Roman bridge (Puente Romano) that spans the river.

There was an excellent interactive representation of life in Cordoba during medieval times, so we spent some time there hiding form the rain (and being educated at the same time) At one time Muslims, Christians and Jews lived peacefully side by side here. There was a fantastic model  of the old Mosque in the Mezquita before  it was rebuilt as a Cathedral. There are 850 columns of granite, jasper and marble and the original building dates back twelve centuries.