You know sometimes when you just cant be bothered and wonder why you are making yourself go to all the effort. Well this was an example of how I was feeling on this particular morning in Sevilla. I had read my trusty Lonely Planet and decided that I was up for the challenge to nut out a day trip to Cordoba as it was only a couple of hours away. But it's the transport dramas that really makes me not want to bother – getting up early is another reason too! So we manage to get up at the crack of dawn, skip breakfast, catch a bus to the train station – where we stocked up the most delicious crossaints and freshly squeezed orange juice.
The train was smooth, fast and showcased beautiful scenery. Just the day before I had a run-in with the vending machine that took my coins when I was craving a chocolate but never gave me the chocolate! I started to push and kick the machine whilst keeping an eye out for security guards – mum to the rescue put in more coins and got me 2 chocolate bars – phew! Well this same drama happened again on the train (yes there are vending machines on trains in Spain) only this time it didnt give me my water! I came back to my seat with a long face only to tell my story to mum and have her burst into fits of laughter – what do you call vending machine anxiety???
So after a short and beautiful trip out to Cordoba we arrive at a new station and within moments find the tourist information centre who advise that we can catch the bus right outside the station door – all true and he dropped us right in town. I found a gorgeous old bridge with a statue of Mary on it. As it was only around 8am when we arrived I got some great shots with the sun in the background and it looked brilliant behind her!
We went into the most amazing mosque now converted into a church – the Arab style archways were amazing. The detail that the church architects went to just to ensure that they could outshine the beauty of the mosque – fail in my opinion. I loved it there. Then we decided to roam the narrow streets of the town and found many little gift stores selling handicrafts from leather.
There was a beautiful old nights castle that we also visited and rested in the most amazing gardens, whilst enjoying gorgeous views over the town. Of course I had another tapas and Spanish beer craving so we ended up in yet another bar drinking beer with just enough time to giggle and stumble up to the main road and somehow fluke our way onto a bus back to the train station for the trip back to Sevilla. Its a beautiful town and definitely worth the day trip!
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