Córdoba

Day trip to Córdoba today. Started with a couple hour walking tour, getting a nice overview of the city and it's history: Romans, Muslims, Visigoths, Jews, and if course, Catholics. Got in a visit to a synogogue (hidden when theJews were expelled and thought they'd be back, found when one of the walls hiding there Hebrew inscriptions feel down). Also to the archeological museum, with amazing Roman ruins before lunch. Then tour of the main site of Cordoba, the mosque/Cathedral. Interesting tidbit: you can expand your house narrowing the street, but there must be room for a donkey. The flower pot thing got started when someone got creative about covering some holes in the wall.

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