We spent this weekend in Córdoba; an interesting city with a rich Moorish history.
One of our favorite places was La Mezquita-Catedral (the Mosque-Cathedral). This is literally a cathedral built in the center of a mosque. The whole family was in awe and admiration. Leo said, “this is one of the coolest places I’ve seen in my life!”
The architecture is unlike anything we’ve seen before,
I wasn’t sure how long the kids’ attention span for an old mosque-cathedral would be, but they were just as interested as the adults. So much so that we made 2 more trips. One to see the “secret” items:
The star hidden in the outside wall where you can make a wish.
And another to visit the bell tower
The other thing that Córdoba is famous for are their flowering patios. Unfortunately, we were not here for the May Patio competition when everyone opens up their patios, but we could still see several. It made me start thinking about my yard at home (which I haven’t thought about since we got here) and I have a few ideas I might need to implement.
Three other must-dos were the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos (Castle of the Christian Kings):
El Puente Romano (the Roman bridge):
And, because Mom was along, the Centro de Flamenco Fosforito en la Plaza Del Potro (a place where Don Quijote stayed in the book).
Interactive Flamenco drum exhibit 
We rented a little apartment while we were here.
It had an elevator garage for our rental car, which really creeped Todd out.
We really enjoyed Córdoba.
Adrift in Andalucía 