Córdoba marked the first city that we had not previously seen, and also was where we bid a sad farewell to Amy's parents who we had a blast showing around our favorite places. We hit Córdoba over the weekend and during their spring fair. We hit the much larger Sevilla spring fair in 2003 and learned that many stores and restaurants are open limited hours, but happily the Córdoba fair was largely open to the public whereas the Sevilla fair only had a few public tents--the rest were private.

The one real site in Córdoba is the Mezquita, which is Spanish for "mosque." I was a little cathedral and mosque'd out at this point, but I found the Mezquita to be a very pleasant surprise and well worth a look.

Due to rooms booking up because of the fair, we stayed in another more business-class place, the Hotel Selu. Once again, the rooms were fine but the place was a little short on character but more than fine in a pinch.