Day 1–The corjito and resting up a bit

Swimming and hanging at the villa was the name of this day’s game. It felt good simply to re-center anticipating the next day’s move!
Our first meal together in Spain, home cooked!

Day 2–Andalusia

Off to Cordoba to see La Mezquita, the world’s third largest mosque built in 786AD whose identity flows around the cathedral insensitively placed in the center of the mosque in the 16th century. One can feel the ineffable mystical power of the building with its Mudéjar style. Mudéjar is a Medieval Spanish corruption of the Arabic word Mudajjan مدجن, meaning “domesticated”, in a reference to the Muslims who submitted to the rule of the Christian kings. (wikipedia) It’s difficult to see the suggested submission, considering the amazing endurance of the structure and to feeling the strength within the walls.

And we haven’t even started riding!!