Sorry for such the big delay with posting! I was hit hard by a couple of big events over the past couple of weeks, and I fell behind with updating the website. In late October, I was working on my medical school application and making sure everything was turned in for that. So even though I have a "seat" in medical school, I still have to go through the application process. Then we had a break in early November and I was planning to go somewhere. But the airline changed my plane reservation, so I ended up not going. Then I had my birthday, which was fun! Then I had midterm week here at Granada, so I was studying for all of my tests. But I will try to catch up on my posting. On one of the weekends in October, our school program took us on a day trip to the city of Cordoba. Cordoba was about a three hour bus ride from Granada. The first stop was to the Madinat Al-Zahar, which was about fifteen minutes outside of the city center. The Madinat Al-Zahar is a Muslim palace ruins from the 12th century because at this time the Muslim empire was experiencing a golden age in Spain. It was a huge palace that had many rooms. But over time the Muslim empire was broken up into many smaller kingdoms, and the palace was sacked and burned down to the ground. Now all that remains is the groundwork and a couple of arches. It was interesting to see, but at the same time it was hard to imagine the splendor that the palace was supposed to have. Our next stop was the Muslim Mosque/Catholic Cathedral. During the golden age of the Muslim empire there was a huge mosque built in Cordoba. However when the Spanish Catholic kingdom took over Cordoba, they decided instead of destroying the mosque they would build a cathedral right in the center of the mosque. So it was interesting when we first walked into the building, and you see rows and rows of arches. In the mosque part of the church, it was darker and seemed like a more intimate area. Then all of a sudden you walk into a bright cathedral. There were paintings and gold everywhere which was a huge difference from the mosque. It was a very interesting experience seeing the clash between the two different styles: Islam and Christian. After our visit, we walked back to the bus and drove back to Granada.
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