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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

My Fav Fotos of The Mezquita in Cordoba

Thought I´d post some of my favourite fotos from The Mezquita. Yep my English sometimes becomes like my shopping list, the shortest form is written. An example of a recent list:

Eggs
Pan
Zumo
sugar
jam
miel....

It´s really handy being able to speak two languages ´cos as the brain cells often rebel and won´t produce the word I want - I now have a choice of two. So I win, but my English is becoming as bad as my Spanish!

Still I´m heartened by a report I read while last in England, (can´t remember which) that people who are bi-lingual are better protected against Alzheimers, I hope that covers fairly fluent too.

I waffle...

The Mezquita


mezquita,Cordoba cathedral

mezquita,Cordoba cathedral

mezquita,Cordoba cathedral

mezquita,Cordoba cathedral

mezquita,Cordoba cathedral

mezquita,Cordoba cathedral

Now words fail me.

The Mezquita is an aura, an experience, a wonder, a once in a liftime must and one I want to repeat soon.

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