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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

…and the road in-between
Cordoba
The highlight of Cordoba has to be the Mezquita – a mosque built shortly after the Moors arrived in Spain in 711 when Abd al-Rahman I made Cordoba the headquarters of the emirate. The mosque was consecrated as the Cathedral of Santa Maria Mayor, when in 1236 the Christian army led by [...]

The Heat Is On

The Heat Is On

The Spanish Interior - From Leon to Cordoba
Homeless in Leon
The rest day in Leon was spent in a bit of a stupor having had far too little sleep the night before. By the afternoon, having been turfed out of the hostel, I was capable of little more than lying on the grass in the shade [...]