On the way back to Madrid, we stopped for one day in Cordoba to see the Mezquita. It was my single most favorite thing in all of Spain. I remembered way back to my very first art history class when I learned about this amazing place. It was originally a mosque, built in 786 and then later in the 16th century, a Christian church was installed in the middle of it.
It has 19 ailes of columns with red and white striped, double archways. It's like walking into a surreal forest. Standing in certain places, it looks as if the arches go on forever. It's amazing. It is very peaceful inside and smells like incense from the cathedral.
We were lucky to stay in a hotel right at the edge. Lying on our bed, we could look out the window and see the outside walls of the Mezquita.
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