Cordoba day 3

We got up and headed out for breakfast at about 945. Luckily Chris isn't leaving Cordoba til tomorrow morning so even though we checked out we left our bags in his room. Our breakfast was a lovely wee place where I got pan tomate and a coffee for €1.80! Chris and I had half portions of toast but K had a full portion, that girl loves toast!

After breakfast we went to the Julio Romero De Torres museum. It was a beautiful old building across a shared courtyard from the Bellas Artes museum. The Julio museum was great, his style is mostly female figures from the early 20th century, very influenced by flamenco. Afterwards we popped across the courtyard to the Bellas Artes which featured all artists from Cordoba from way back to modern. It was really good (and free!) but not as good as the Julio one.

Afterwards we slowly strolled north heading for the Patio Museum,  stopping to take loads of photos en route. It was a beautiful morning so it was a really nice walk. We stopped for a wee refreshment pre museum, Toerzy dos bebidas has a caña and a fanta,  Chris had water and K had some pepsi. We also shared a wee plate of crisps and Chris ate some free olives.

The patio museum (Palacio de Viana) featured 13 different patio gardens round a big house (palace?). We decided to get the gardens only ticket cos that's what Cordoba is famous for and it was really cool, each patio had a different name and story.

Post museum we wandered about some more then went to El Gallo for a tapas lunch. It was crazy busy with locals but we managed to snag the last free outside table.  We shared some jamon croquetas, cheese and pork in sauce and Chris had a wee tapa of calamari to himself too. It was super cheap and we didn't have much cos we thought we'd go elsewhere for more but we were actually too full! I've only had one patatas bravas this holiday so I better have some pre-flight tonight!

We wandered about some more, drinking in the sights and the city. We finally remembered to see the famous Calle Flores (flower st) which is exactly what it sounds like. It was weird being back down near the Mezquita cos it was rammed with tourists whereas the rest of the city is pretty chill.

We went back to the hotel to grab our bags then bid Chris adios, he was heading back to bed and we were heading for the train. We got to the train station pretty early because we're paranoid like that. The train back to Malaga went smoothly except an old Spanish woman being raging (facially only) that she had to share a foursy with us.

We got back to Malaga at 530, 4 hours before our train was due to leave so we headed to Plaza Mayor for a snack and some fun. Plaza Mayor is kinda like an open air xcape, loads of restaurants, cinema, bowling, air hockey and a shopping centre across the car park. It is one stop past the airport which is why we went cos we only had a couple of hours. We played a game that is like old school air hockey and wandered about for a bit before going to 100 montaditos. Sundays are Euromania at 100 montaditos (everything is €1) so we had a couple of wee rolls each (montaditos), some tinto verano each (red wine with lemonade) and shared a chicken and bacon salad. It was very delightful and super cheap! We spotted that it was doble mania at La Sureña (2 for 1) so we thought we'd get some bravas there. We got bravas, tortilla, a tinto verano (me) and a shandy (k) for €5! Then the disappointment, the bravas were wee potato wedges in a thin spicy sauce. It tasted nice but didn't quell my bravas longing. We had to get to the airport so we didn't finish it but we were really full at this point anyway.

The airport amd the flight home were uneventful which is my favourite kind of flight.  We even landed a wee bit early at 1130 (0030 to our Spanish minds).

So that's it over, I'm currently on the bus to work at 8am on Monday morning and I'm sad it's over. It was a super holiday, I recommend Cordoba highly but a few days is enough to do do everything, the hotel was amazing (Hotel Carpe Diem), the weather was great and travelling with Chris was a lovely experience.