Day 11 – Visit Cordoba * Journey to Ubeda

Travel day today. Stopped at a little gas station for a break and saw a huge field of cilantro growing. It had gone to flower for the corriander seeds. Very cool.

Stopped in Cordoba to visit a very old Mosqu that has a Catholic Church in the middle. It is like two different buildings .. But the active Catholic church is in the exact center of the old mosqu… Wow.

Had a carriage ride through town that finished just as the rain began.. Perfect timing.

On to our parador.. Another great place. This one has really high ceilings and an indoor patio.

Tomorrow we get to find out about growing olives and making olive oil!

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My mother and I are taking a trip called the Back Roads of Iberia: Spanish Paradores & Portuguese Pousadas. These are our daily adventures – written for our family while we were traveling – April / May 2016.

Day 10 – Explore Ronda

Walked around Ronda today on a city tour. Good guide, the history of this city is very interesting.

In our free time we took a hike 1/2 way down the gorge to see the waterfalls. It was steep and no hand rails. Going down was not so bad but coming back was difficult. I almost had a panic attack several times because I am just not good with heights. It was a very nice view.

In the evening several of us went to a guitar concert. He was good. I have never seen someone play the guitar like that. He strummed and picked the top strings with his fingers at the same time.

I want to take a moment to talk about the hotel. It is in the best location.. Looking over the gorge and we have great balconies. The rooms are big and it is nice. The pillows are not very comfortable and the water temperature fluxuated the entire time I was showering. So far in Spain, they actually let you keep a towel for two days if you hang it back up. The towels have also been huge! No air conditioning but outside weather is cool so we open the window or door and let the air circulate. Such little differences make the trip more interesting.

For dinner we went to the McDonalds next door to the Pousada and had a beer, because we could!

We are walking quite a bit each day. I think the lowest mileage so far has been about 4. The walkways are also cobblestone and uphill more than this flatlander is used to. If I weren’t eating and drinking so much i would probably lose some weight.

Goodbye Ronda!

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