Friday - Corboda - Finally, we got to see the mosque! (This was the one thing that we ended up missing during our trip three years ago, because we had to return early to get replacement passports after getting robbed.) We walked into the Juderia to find a place for coffee and croissants (inside, because it was chilly). Then into the Mesquita, with its hundreds (thousands?) of pillars and striped arches surrounding a small cathedral.
Afterwards we walked to the Alcazar, where a crowd in fancy dress was waiting to enter, so we figured that we'd better come back later. The Fiesta de Los Patios started today, meaning that people opened their private courtyards for viewing, competing for prizes for the beauty and variety of the potted flowers on display. By the time peole were closing (2pm), the crowd at the Alcazar had dispersed so we could see the palace and gorgeous gardens. Who do you have to be to have your wedding in the Alcazar's chapel? Whoever they were, her dress was lovely.
We made it to the train station in time to catch the 16:29 bullet train back to Madrid, where we went back to the same comfortable hotel. We got to the Finca de Susana restaurant, the place we discovered three years ago with Lauren, in time to make their first sitting, and Monica treated us to a wonderful farewell (to Margy, anyway) meal.
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