City of three cultures

As far as I can tell, the region of andulacia, although comprised of several distinct provinces and sub cultures, all cotain several distinct characteristices. Ubquititous sun, superb food, and an interesting mix of visigoth, moorish, jewish, and christian archiecture. Add the fact that our struggling aussie dollars fare much better here than barcelona or amsterdam and we have ourselves a winnner.

Cordoba, continues this trend with the bueatiful mesquita. After the moorish invasion in the latter part of the first millenia, this visigothic church was turned the finest mosque of it´s day. With Pilgrams travelling from North Africa and the Oriente. Not too forget another trend, post requenista, the Christian church and kings added their own modifications and enhancements to make it a truly unique building.

An extensive juderia is to be explored, containing one of the three remaining synagoues to surivive the spanish inquisition. Although small, it is equally distinct from the two cultures and bueatiful.

Although the fare is fantastic, I am yet to find the Spainish equivalent of fish heads. Something that is uniquely spanish and would turn the heads of most aussies. Rating half a mention would be ox tail stew.

Struggling to find the attraction, but nonetheless drawn to the experience, we travelled to a local bull fight and paid five euros for the cheapest seats in the house. After ten minutes, it was clear that attendance would compare poorly to a Power home game and we strolled down to some 20 euro seats, five metres from the fence. I must say, infront of this seemingly brutal ¨sport¨, Beth and I became somewhat of afficionado´s. The artstic dance of the matador, the flight attendant standard posing, the crowd erupting with ole´s, and even the efficiency of the bull´s end. Even witnessing a matador getting one back from the bull. By the end, the difference between the good, bad, and ugly however small, was easily distinguishable.