How lovely it was to revisit the Mesquita. The first time is overwhelming but the second time is a joy. It is impossible to photograph, of course. And there were way too many tourists milling around with their mouths open and their guides squawking. We have seen several groups (predominantly Japanese) who have ear plugs and their guide can talk in a normal tone. Even the German group we saw with earplugs was quiet and well behaved. The vast majority of tourists here are Spanish or French speaking. They are wise enough to get here before the heat and the US tourists.
We visited the Alcazar of the Christian Kings in daylight to see the flowers. The Son and Lumiere that we went to last night was mostly son and waterworks. They have fountains in long pools that play with coloured light to music. It was very lovely. And interesting to see that they only had red, green and blue lightglobes with which to make lots of colours. (The purple wasn't very strong but the rest were lovely.)
We visited the Synagogue . . . the last remaining one in Cordoba. The plasterwork has survived very well and, as you can see the only way you know it is Jewish is the hebrew rather than Arabic inscriptions.
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