Patios and Tours Part 2

After about a week in Córdoba, we took another tour inside the city. This time, we saw even more patios, a tiny synagogue, and yet another Islamic palace. To keep things brief, I'll just mention the highlights of the tour. Two things stick out in my mind from the additional patios: plants and jewelry. The plant I speak of takes its name from the animal it resembles: the shrimp. It's not every day that you get to see a plant that looks like a shrimp, so that's pretty memorable for me. Secondly, we saw a woman operating a store out of her own home. She made beautiful jewelry using silver that I believe she said was local.

Después de quedarnos una semana en Córdoba tomamos otra visita dentro de la ciudad. Esta vez vimos más patios, una sinagoga pequeña y otro palacio islámico. Para ser breve solo mencionaré los aspectos interesantes de la visita. Dos cosas sobresalen de estos patios: las plantas y la joyería. La planta de que yo hablo se llama “gamba” porque se parece a una gamba. Nunca he visto ninguna planta que se parece a una gamba y por eso creo que me acordaré para siempre. También vimos una mujer que maneja una tienda en su casa propia. Ella hizo joyería muy hermosa usando plata de la localidad.

We also saw an incredibly small synagogue, which, people speculate, may have belonged to a wealthy individual given its small stature.

También vimos una sinagoga muy pequeña que la gente supone que perteneció a un individuo rico dado su pequeña estructura.

Lastly, we saw the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos palace which was absolutely beautiful with its opulent gardens. This was where Christian kings stayed when they were in Cordoba.

Finalmente vimos el palacio Alcázar de los reyes cristianos que en mi opinión era absolutamente hermosa con sus jardines opulentos. Este palacio era el lugar en que los reyes cristianos se quedaban cuando eran en Córdoba.

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