Language Difficulties / Cordoba

So there have definitely been language barriers all through Europe but the hardest has been Spain. Barcelona was fairly easy to communicate in as it is so touristy from what i read it was about 25% spoke fluent English. Malaga wasn´t bad only because the whole Costa del Sol area is a British hotspot so everywhere we go there was British people and bars. But then we hit the interior of Spain in Cordoba and Granada and i won´t lie it was hard. I´m guessing maybe 5% spoke partial English. At the train stations, the hostels, the restaurants it was hard to get around. Makes me want to learn spanish even more so now. I´m picking up things here and there but it makes you feel lonely in a town when you can´t talk to anyone. I was sitting watching the World Cup Game (Brazil and France) and this old man sitting beside me wanted to tell me stuff but i just couldn´t understand. He kept trying but it never worked, but at the end he still smiled and shook my hand on his way out. It would have been so fun to sit and talk with him.

Ok so Friday we day tripped to Granada which has the Alhambra palace which is gigantic. The saying is you have not truly lived until you visited the Alhambra.
http://www.alhambradegranada.org/historia/granadaOrigen_en.asp

The next day Saturday we left the resort and bussed to Cordoba which has a ton of history. When the Moors came over across the straight of Gilbraltar and conquered Spain they made Cordoba their capital in 711. As such Cordoba became the largest and most sophisticated city in all of Europe at the time. We visited the huge Mosque/Cathedral there. It was beautiful and disappointing at the same time. It was a incredible Mosque built starting in the 11 century and expanded on through the centuries. However when the Chrisitians came and conquered Spain they decided to convert the mosque into a Cathedral which in my mind ruined it. To be walking in this beautiful mosque and then see this massive cathedral placed in the middle was disgraceful in my opinion but hey who am i.

We just spent one day there and Sunday caught a bus to Madrid!!

Logan