Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Malaga and Cordoba

We started the next morning in Malaga by going to get churros for breakfast. They're similar to the churros we have at home but these didn't have cinnamon sugar. Instead they bring you a cup of chocolate and you dip them into the chocolate. It was delicious! Picasso was born in Malaga so we went to go check out the museum but it turns out a lot of things are closed on Monday. So we couldn't go to any of the museums but we did go into the cathedral in Malaga. It was beautiful. After that we hiked up to a castle, which was closed, but the view was amazing! For lunch we went down to the beach and ate and then walked along the beach. Then we headed back to walk around some more. Things started closing for siesta so we went back and I took a nap. After my nap we went back to the beach to watch the sunset and then went to another cafe for dinner. The next day we took a train to Cordoba. We really wanted to see the mosque there. It's interesting because the mosque was built in the year 785 and additions were made as time went on. Eventually it became a church and the center looks like a cathedral and the rest of it looks like a mosque. I forgot all the details of the story but it was really cool. I'll put up pictures so you can see what I'm talking about though. We went to a plaza afterward where we took a break and drank a coke. Then we shopped around a little and looked for this statue of Jesus on a cross with lanterns around it. It was kind of hard to find because it was hidden. We were pretty worn out by this time because we were carrying around our heavy backpacks so we decided to just go catch a train back to Cadiz. Today is out last day in Spain and tomorrow we'll be in Morocco!

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