After a significantly long train ride (7 hours) Michelle and I arrived in Córdoba, which was almost to Cabra. An hour long bus ride finished our day of travel, as we met up with our college friend Erin.
Cabra is a much different experience then most people are probably used to when traveling. With a population of around 20,000, it's not exactly what you call a "destination" city, and yet it had plenty of cool things to offer the casual outsider. It has some cool sites, and some neat old city walls as well as a pretty sweet park.
However, since we had spent the last 5 weeks touring, we decided it would be best to take advantage of Spain's renowned relaxed life style, and just enjoy the local culture; breakfast, followed by shopping, followed by a tapas lunch, and then some down time in the late afternoon for siesta.
For those that don't know, tapas are a series of small dishes that are served with drinks and are shamefully inexpensive. Many times if you simply ordered a drink for more than 1 euro, it would come with a small snack. So of course, all you had to do was continue ordering drinks! That way you get filled up, and the walk home seems that much shorter :)
Erin was kind enough to show us around to all the good places to eat, as well as to spoil us with some home cooked, Spanish flared meals of her own. We spent our evenings and late nights hanging out at different local hangouts, talking, eating tapas, just generally having a good time with the people of Cabra.
Later, Erin also played tour guide for us on a day trip to Granada.
Granada is quite an amazing city just east of Cabra. It has an interesting mix of both Spanish and North African culture in its streets, as you can see by this mini Medina in the center of town.
Up on the hill, there is a big castle like structure called the Alhambra. Seeing this alone makes a trip to Granada well worth it.
We were very sad to end our stay in Cabra, because after being there for 6 days, we started to feel almost like we lived there, and were really getting to know all the locals. We even spent some time in class with Erin and her students. But sadly our time ended, and we headed back to the beach. This time, in Málaga...
Cabra is a much different experience then most people are probably used to when traveling. With a population of around 20,000, it's not exactly what you call a "destination" city, and yet it had plenty of cool things to offer the casual outsider. It has some cool sites, and some neat old city walls as well as a pretty sweet park.
However, since we had spent the last 5 weeks touring, we decided it would be best to take advantage of Spain's renowned relaxed life style, and just enjoy the local culture; breakfast, followed by shopping, followed by a tapas lunch, and then some down time in the late afternoon for siesta.
For those that don't know, tapas are a series of small dishes that are served with drinks and are shamefully inexpensive. Many times if you simply ordered a drink for more than 1 euro, it would come with a small snack. So of course, all you had to do was continue ordering drinks! That way you get filled up, and the walk home seems that much shorter :)
Erin was kind enough to show us around to all the good places to eat, as well as to spoil us with some home cooked, Spanish flared meals of her own. We spent our evenings and late nights hanging out at different local hangouts, talking, eating tapas, just generally having a good time with the people of Cabra.
Later, Erin also played tour guide for us on a day trip to Granada.
Granada is quite an amazing city just east of Cabra. It has an interesting mix of both Spanish and North African culture in its streets, as you can see by this mini Medina in the center of town.
Up on the hill, there is a big castle like structure called the Alhambra. Seeing this alone makes a trip to Granada well worth it.
We were very sad to end our stay in Cabra, because after being there for 6 days, we started to feel almost like we lived there, and were really getting to know all the locals. We even spent some time in class with Erin and her students. But sadly our time ended, and we headed back to the beach. This time, in Málaga...
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