By up to date I mean that I am entering the days proceedings on the day.
It's been difficult to get all the pics I've wanted to share due to the difficulty of working with a smallish notebook, let alone editing and posting videos.
It's such a first world problem!!
I will certainly add to it over the next few and hope that it's many followers come back to read the completed article.
We woke up quite refreshed this morning, thankfully.
Being creatures of habit, and loving good coffee, we visited San Martins and then poped into the market to buy some fruit for the days trek through Cordoba.
The ticket said the train left at 08:40 and we were in coach 27, of 32.
Tickets for these RENFE train are not cheap, at ~€60 return trip Malaga - Cordoba, but they are well appointed, as in the have a bar and eatery, and comfortable.
They also do 300kph+
Yes, I know that there are other trains that go faster but going 300kph in something that is land bound is always exciting!
The trip saw us go buy many manicured fields of sunflowers, which were obvious, and vegetables, which were less obvious due to the speed ..... woohoo!!
Olive trees. So many olive trees. It's small wonder that Spain produces so much olive oil!
It looks spectacular as you whizz past at 300kph in a train so it can only look better from the sky.
I just went and looked at it on Google Earth and it looks really dry and crappy! *Sad look*
We got there in an hour. A great way to do ~160 kms.
When we got there it was in the mid 20's with a cool breeze. It made a pleasant from Sevilles exhausting mid 30's.
There is wide heavily tree'd parkway from the train station to the main tourist sitesselves which makes the walk very enjoyable.
We had armed ourselves with some hop on/hop off tour bus map and the Cordoba Tourist Information map, which we used along with Google maps on our phone to make the next 3 hours an easy and comprehensive day.
It's not a big city and despite a lot of reviews suggesting it wasn't worth visiting we found it very enjoyable.
It must be an easy city to walk around too as there were more than their fair share of "older" tourists, including one bloke with a zimmer frame. More power to him, I say.
Here's some pics of our visit -
Me trying to look elegant with my right foot in model mode and
carrying my handbag in the new over-the-bent-elbow style, on the old Roman bridge
A picture tells a thousand words.
(Credit to Larson for the original cartoon idea)
We ended up seeing quite a bit of the city in the 3 hours we were there and made it back to the train with time to spare.
We made it back to Malaga in time to get to the market and put together a €8 lunch pack.
A slab of Brie along with an equally large portion of pâté,
a bread stick large enough to build a bridge over a small creek,
two deliciously ripe sweet figs and an equally delightful peach
AND
beer.
The civilised Spaniards have 540ml cans of beer.
This is surely a great time saving idea as opening a second can, when thirsty, is just a waste of time.
Why open two cans to drink 540mls when you could just open one?
It's our last night in Malaga and it's nearly 20:00.
......and we're back from an early dinner. It's 23:00.
More sangria, more pintxos/tapas and a little ice-cream to finish off the night
What time is it Tiz?
It's - I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream - time!
¡Adiós por ahora, mis amigos!
À bientôt
À bientôt
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