Today we said good-bye to Sevilla, boarded the bus and headed to Cordoba, about a 2+ hour ride. We were all pleasantly surprised by Cordoba´s beauty. We continued our history lesson of Christianity spreading through Spain and saw a former mosque, La Mezquita, transformed in 1236 to a Catholic Cathedral. The Cathedral was closed when we arrived due to many French pilgrims holding a private Mass with their Bishop. We were not disappointed though, we had an amazing tour guide and a great group of pilgrims that convinced the guard that since we were wearing our ¨Team Jesus¨ t-shirts we wanted to go in the Cathedral to pray and would leave quickly. Bayleigh led the charge and we all followed suit quietly admiring the thousands of columns and beautiful architecture. We said our prayers at the altar of St. Michael the Archangel and continued on...
We then toured the streets of the Jewish district which was filled with narrow passages and beautiful flowered pots hanging from the walls. Grabbed an ice cream cone and got back on the bus to Granada!
In Granada we met our tour guide and headed to Alhambra, the red fortress that maintained muslim control of the region until King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella came to power. We walked and walked through the multiple palaces, servants quarters and gardens of this massive fortress. Meet some Lebanese pilgrims who were overjoyed to meet us! Then we walked through the center of the city back to our hotel. We celebrated Mass at our hotel tonight and are enjoying relaxing our feet after walking two cities! We are off to Toledo tomorrow and then to Madrid in the evening!! The excitement for World Youth day is building.
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