Cordoba!

Wow. The mezquita in Cordoba is beautiful. Truly beautiful. We headed there with a little late start... the rents woke up at 4am to watch the 2nd half of the UNC game. It is nice to know I get that from someone haha It was funny to see them over in the corner of the hotel room sharing ear plugs and quietly applauding whatever "magnificent, marvelous, spectacular" thing Tyler Hansbrough did. I'm glad they got to see it!
We headed out and took the 2 hour drive to Cordoba through beautiful hills and landscapes. We passed a bunch of man-made forests that we are not sure why they build them... And we passed lots of solar and wind energy - go alternative energy! We got to Cordoba a lot more easily than Granada and found good parking and headed to the old quarter. We passed the old fortress and found the jewel of the town... La Mezquita. Originally a Visigothic church, the Moors built the Mezquita over this church site in 784 (?) AD. In the 1200s when Christians re-took Cordoba in the Reconquista, Charles V had a church built right smack in the middle of the Mezquita. Later, when he actually went and visited the site, he said "You have destroyed something unique in the world and built something that can be found anywhere." True, the church is an eye sore in the midst of the red arches, but the church itself is quite beautiful. It was a remarkable place and the mihrab was so ornately decorated it was just gorgeous. It was worth the drive!
We grabbed lunch and walked a bit more but by 4pm we were back in the car ready to head to Roquetas!!! I felt bad sweeping the rents off straight from the airport but they were happy to see what we saw and now can just sit back and relax! I am very happy I waited and took in Granada and Cordoba with them - they will definitely be memories that will stay with me :)
We got them checked in at their hotel in Roquetas and we grabbed dinner at the pizzeria near my house. The man gave us so many tapas before our pizzas came that we couldn't eat all of them (my Hawaiian was DELISH)! After dinner, he gave us each a goodbye drink and mine was pink lemonadish. I asked him what it was and he said it's a home secret so I must come back to have more haha Cute little old Spanish man! Then we came back to the house, gave them the tour and they met the roomies and we checked the bball schedule for tomorrow. Looks like we'll be watching the UNC-OK game here tomorrow :) I am pumped! We have daylight savings time tonight too so the time change will go back to 6 hours :( Tomorrow is the mom's bday so hoping to make it a special day for her (and a little celebration with the pops as well since he'll be at home for his)!
Lovin' life - so happy the parents are here :) Can't wait til June 1 when the sisters will join in as well!!!!!