⭐Live Allure TA 🚢 March 1, 2020 - Time to rub the lamp 🧞

[3CatsInMA]

1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:

My client got his survey today for their cruise that ended today. 🤔

Geeze, I have a hard enough time getting a survey for a cruise that I was actually on! 🤣

[Ocean Boy]

5 minutes ago, 3CatsInMA said:

Geeze, I have a hard enough time getting a survey for a cruise that I was actually on! 🤣

Just as well, the last survey that I received had the wrong itinerary.

[jagsfan]

Our numbers here in Northeast Florida are still going up. As far as I know, every part of at least the lower 48 is in the same boat. I can’t imagine any travel cranking up again till the numbers reverse.  

[Anita Latte]

6 minutes ago, jagsfan said:

Our numbers here in Northeast Florida are still going up. As far as I know, every part of at least the lower 48 is in the same boat.

 

I recall reading that as the results for the tests administered come in as well as the newer tests that have the shorter turn around...that because of the delay, the daily case loads would be inflated as the tests from previous days finally come through and merge with the data from the new ones. I had read it would be a week before the new daily accounting could reflect the current state and to expect surges in numbers until then.

[John&LaLa]

Cordoba, The Gypsies

 

Sorry I missed my morning briefing. Gave Bella a bath this morning since I had to cancel her grooming. 

 

The tour bus let us off at the Roman Bridge, and we made our way up to the Mezquita (Cathedral/Mosque)

I was bringing up the rear since I kept stopping for pictures. Next thing I know, Pat is being detained by a female, I'm guessing gypsy, but I'm no expert. Their schtick is to place an olive branch in your palm and them begin praying for you. And they won't let loose until you pay them.  He was hopelessly out of his element. So I head over and try and find a single Euro. I gave it to her and grabbed Pat. But apparently that wasn't enough, she wanted two. 

 

Then her accomplice grabs me and starts praying. By then I'd had enough, and shouted 'No, let go" and broke loose. They were all up and down the street.  So if we get the Virus, that was probably where it happened.  We then caught up with the group and got our headsets, headed off with our guide to enter the Mezquita

 

 

Anybody want to translate this? Looks like a poem

 

 

Right before we got accosted

 

 

Patrick, no worse for wear

 

Our guide. He was really good, even though he forgot to get our entry tickets

No worries, he got it straightened out in 5 minutes

 

Lets head inside

 

Edited March 23, 2020 by John&LaLa

[John&LaLa]

Cordoba Inside the Mezquita

 

I showed you a few pictures last week, and I have several hundred, but they do it no justice.

This place is ginormous, It's measured in acres, with the courtyard it could hold 40,000 people

Well that was until the Catholic Church built a cathedral inside of it and reduce occupancy. 

After the Cathedral was finished, the Spanish King said something like "You've take something spectacular, and made it ordinary."

 

At one point I really wanted to go to Granada and see the Alhambra, in retrospect, I'm glad we saw Cordoba.

I think Pat enjoyed it. I'll see the Alhambra when we return for the Harmony TA next fall.

 

First off we have phone pictures

I think this is my first impression. I knew about the arches, I just didn't realize how big it was

 

Modification made during a rebuild

 

Columns were quarried from all over Spain and many were reused from Roman times

 

Panoramic mode on the S9+

 

The dome of the Cathedral

[John&LaLa]

Cordoba Inside the Mezquita, continued

 

And now some camera pictures📷

The 10-22 performed very well in my opinion, but truth be told, the phone worked fine

 

Everybody takes pictures

 

 

 

 

This might be the Mihrab, kind of like an altar from what I recall

 

 

The choir

 

Inside the Cathedral 

 

 

 

 

 

The smaller of the two pipe organs

 

The Apse of the Cathedral

 

Conservation at work

 

The altar of the Cathedral

 

 

[John&LaLa]

Cordoba Mezquita grounds and tower

 

We were inside for over an hour and a half. I could have stayed the whole day. 

Lets walk around the courtyard and venture outside the walls

 

Orange trees

 

This was also the original minaret. I think they built around it

 

 

The Cathedral pops right through the roof of the mosque

 

Found this on Wikipedia

Like I said earlier, it's immense

 

 

You could walk up the tower, but that was to much for me to attempt

 

 

 

Raphael was adopted to ward off the plague in the 18th century

 

You see him everywhere

Edited March 23, 2020 by John&LaLa

[John&LaLa]

Cordoba - Old Town and Roman Bridge

 

Let's wrap up our visit to Cordoba

 

View of the Bell Tower from the Street of Flowers.  Very iconic.

 

Unfortunately it's a dead end, so let's go back the way we came

 

Inside the oldest Synagogue in Spain. It was many other things after the Inquisition. 

 

I think it's being restored

 

Raphael on the Bridge

 

Roman Bridge is almost 2,000 years old, but most of this is from the 8th Century Moors

 

Thirsty bird

 

I think the orange blossoms did Pat in, but they smelled nice to me

 

 

City Crest

 

Tourists

 

Let's go back to Malaga. 

 

Thanks for tagging along. If you get the chance make sure you visit Cordoba yourselves.

[3CatsInMA]

3 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Just as well, the last survey that I received had the wrong itinerary.

Rest assured that Royal Caribbean is using this downtime from creating never ending fake sales to correct all of the bugs in their IT systems. 

Edited March 23, 2020 by 3CatsInMA

[JamesEM]

Thanks for the great photos.

[emeraldcity]

Thanks for the review of Cordoba. Next time I get to Malaga, I'll put that one on my list. Your pictures are very impressive.

 

And in the "other news" department … my points have posted and they got the double points part right, so if all goes well and I get to take the November TA, I'll get an Allure crystal block. 🙂

 

Edited March 23, 2020 by emeraldcity

[bobmacliberty]

9 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I like what you did here!  📷👍

[bobmacliberty]

9 hours ago, 3CatsInMA said:

Rest assured that Royal Caribbean is using this downtime from creating never ending fake sales to correct all of the bugs in their IT systems. 

 

Wouldn't that be a nice outcome.

[Bradison]

 

And here I thought Cordoba was just an ugly Chrysler.  I can still here Ricardo say "Cordoba"

Edited March 23, 2020 by Bradison

[island lady]

15 hours ago, pstone1 said:

 

We have some limes!  If you still need limes, I can bring you a couple.

 

I picked up two as well...bring on the Margaritas!!  🥃

[Bradison]

9 hours ago, 3CatsInMA said:

Rest assured that Royal Caribbean is using this downtime from creating never ending fake sales to correct all of the bugs in their IT systems. 

 

Nice 😄

[jagsfan]

John, your photos were eye opening! I had no idea such a marvelous place existed!

I wish you had brought Raphael back with you.

We need him!

[gatour]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

 

I picked up two as well...bring on the Margaritas!!  🥃

One of our local Mexican restaurants are offering margaritas to-go.  I was tempted yesterday when I picked up some food from them.

[Pratique]

1 hour ago, Bradison said:

And here I thought Cordoba was just an ugly Chrysler.  I can still here Ricardo say "Cordoba"

"Soft Corinthian leather" 😃

[A&L_Ont]

14 minutes ago, Pratique said:

"Soft Corinthian leather" 😃

 

You beat me to it. 😂

[goldfish65]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKHBB4vt4c

 

Hope you don't mind, but commercials today don't grab your attention like this one. Ricardo Montalban said that he happened to be in a play in Detroit and a Chrysler executive's wife I believe saw him when they were coming out with the new "small Chrysler" Cordoba. He wanted to pronounce it COR-doba as it is Spain, not Cor-DOBA.

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I like what you did here!  📷👍

 

That's why I said I could have spent the whole day in there. Plus there were a ton of people, and you really couldn't tell.

 

Lighting was the biggest challenge

[marci22]

1 hour ago, Pratique said:

"Soft Corinthian leather" 😃

"Rich". 

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, Bradison said:

 

And here I thought Cordoba was just an ugly Chrysler.  I can still here Ricardo say "Cordoba"

 

Ford had the Granada🤣