continuing about Cordóba and Cadiz
Ok so we saw these beautiful gardens in Cordóba then walked around the city. The reason we had to walk more was because the king of Spain Juan Carlos I was in Cordóba for a matter nobody knew about and streets were blocked by policemen and onlookers so we had to walk some side streets to get to the places we wanted. So ISA just let us go on our own, after showing us the meeting spot, to eat lunch and wonder. So Ashton, Carmen, Sarah, Andrea, Becca, Media and I sat down on a landing of an old building and ate our bocadillos. (Later we would learn that the landing we were eating on was the Mezquita which I will explain later.) When we had finished Media and I walked through the small streets looking at shops and I bought an ice cream and later I got an amazing deal on a fan for 2 euros. We then returned to the meeting place to see the Mezquita.
The Mezquita was a breathtaker. It is a big masque in which the moors built a long time ago. The light in the building is only from candles on chandeliers and it sets a tranquil mood. Throughout the masque there are arches that are held up by tons of different kinds of pillars. There is a lot of architectural stuff here and I could never explain it all but it is definately amazing. This place is enormous and as far as the eye can see is pillars and arches. There are sections in the middle where the catholics have built alters. What is neat about this is that lining there are lines of little alters along both sides of the building and bigger ones in the middle. these areas were sold to families and that allowed each family to have ¨their own little church¨. In the middle ones there is one big church for everyone that has a two levels for choir members to sit and in the lower one there is a place for the Bishop and his attending to sit in the middle of the seats. On the other side of this is a huge alter that is emaculate. then in the middle are rows of pews for others. right in front of the pews and close to the alter is a grave in which the man that paid around 500,000 euros for the alter when it was being constructed. If you ask me it is dumb to be buried in a place that so many people will step on you but I guess you are really well remembered.
We had 15 minutes after this tour to wait for the bus so of course everybody bought ice cream at the shop across the street so i had cookies and cream ice cream. It was nice! then we left for home.
Ok so Ashton and I got up at 9 to take the train to Cadiz. We were late because I had to run back for my towel, which wasn´t that far, but when I had returned evidently a bus had gone by and left but Ash wasn´t sure if it was the correct bus and waited for me. So we got a taxi, an expensive form of transportation and we were late. So we rode a bus for about 3 hours to Cadiz. The people on the bus were interesting as that day was a big day for ninjas and other thngs so there were a lot of people dressed up like cartoon characters, animals, robots, ninjas, and even a group of kids dressed in white collared shirts with blood stains and tears topped off with red ties and missing sleeves. Definately an interesting thing.
The beach was pretty but as always I got a little bored. But I did get a pretty nice tan and we saw the sunset and it was really neat to see the moon even with us as we left. It was pretty but we were tired from all the sun.
Sunday Ashton and I slept a whole lot and of course did homework.
The Mezquita was a breathtaker. It is a big masque in which the moors built a long time ago. The light in the building is only from candles on chandeliers and it sets a tranquil mood. Throughout the masque there are arches that are held up by tons of different kinds of pillars. There is a lot of architectural stuff here and I could never explain it all but it is definately amazing. This place is enormous and as far as the eye can see is pillars and arches. There are sections in the middle where the catholics have built alters. What is neat about this is that lining there are lines of little alters along both sides of the building and bigger ones in the middle. these areas were sold to families and that allowed each family to have ¨their own little church¨. In the middle ones there is one big church for everyone that has a two levels for choir members to sit and in the lower one there is a place for the Bishop and his attending to sit in the middle of the seats. On the other side of this is a huge alter that is emaculate. then in the middle are rows of pews for others. right in front of the pews and close to the alter is a grave in which the man that paid around 500,000 euros for the alter when it was being constructed. If you ask me it is dumb to be buried in a place that so many people will step on you but I guess you are really well remembered.
We had 15 minutes after this tour to wait for the bus so of course everybody bought ice cream at the shop across the street so i had cookies and cream ice cream. It was nice! then we left for home.
Ok so Ashton and I got up at 9 to take the train to Cadiz. We were late because I had to run back for my towel, which wasn´t that far, but when I had returned evidently a bus had gone by and left but Ash wasn´t sure if it was the correct bus and waited for me. So we got a taxi, an expensive form of transportation and we were late. So we rode a bus for about 3 hours to Cadiz. The people on the bus were interesting as that day was a big day for ninjas and other thngs so there were a lot of people dressed up like cartoon characters, animals, robots, ninjas, and even a group of kids dressed in white collared shirts with blood stains and tears topped off with red ties and missing sleeves. Definately an interesting thing.
The beach was pretty but as always I got a little bored. But I did get a pretty nice tan and we saw the sunset and it was really neat to see the moon even with us as we left. It was pretty but we were tired from all the sun.
Sunday Ashton and I slept a whole lot and of course did homework.
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