Happy Easter!
Only a 2 minute walk from our hostel was a Catholic church having mass every hour, totalling 6 all day at only that single church. Compared to its size, this was very surprising yet very accommodating.
Matt and I attended mass at St Giles, and, although it was in Spanish, we were able to say some of the English responses to ourselves and continue self prayer during the rest.
We made the trek from Plaza de Sol via the metro to the airport to get a rental car and hit the road headed south.
The drive was beautiful and stunning. Mountains and miles of olive tree orchards, some seasonally young vineyards, old wind mills, and beautiful nature kept us so entertained for 4 hours that we did not turn on the radio.
There also are two billboard sized icons which have appeared throughout our time here. Whether in the middle of Madrid or just along the highway, the giant toro -or bull- and a giant matador often appear. Matt and I have become accustomed to loudly saying 'TORO!' Each time we see the bull.
Once we got to Cordoba, we drove extra 2.5 hours in circles around and in the city to get on the correct one way maze of streets to our hotel.
We stayed at Lineas 38 hotel. I would recommend staying over and over again. The web site described it perfectly as straight out of Arabian Nights. Its decoration and style, along with comfort was well worth beyond the low price.
Seeing as our unexpected driving tour took too long, it was 11pm when we walked into a local tavern for a very light dinner of a couple of tapas.
The bar keep was excited to have us there for a chat to practice his English. He told us a story of his musician friend who lives and works in Chicago paying trombone in an orchestra as well as other side music gigs.
We slept like rocks, if rocks slept.
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