Wanderlust: Day 22 . Valencia to Cordoba

Up early and down to the station to catch our fast train just after 8am - reaching speeds of 300 km/hr we arrive into Cordoba by 11.20am and a taxi ride to our hotel - Palacio de Bailio. What a treat - this is an old palace that sits atop Roman ruins dating back to the 1st century BC. We are able to tour this site in the afternoon and it sits directly under the restaurant which has a glass floor so in the evening you are able to look down upon the ruins which are in extraordinarily good condition.
We set out for a walk around this beautiful city which is a maze of cobbled streets housing 'tabernas' and a variety of shops. We are immediately drawn to a little bar aptly called El Pisto! A glass of wine each and two tapas costs us the princely sum of 10 euros! And the staff were delightful. We order a tapa which we have no idea what it is, but it turns out to be potato and tuna - very tasty! Some how with their limited English (few people speak English here) and our even more limited Spanish, we managed a full blown conversation and the bartender was feeding us samples of his very best jamon! High fives all around and we were off again. There is plenty to marvel at as we stroll the streets and after some retail therapy we head back to the hotel. It's a little chilly but very relaxing sitting out in the garden having an afternoon wine .... the wines tend to flow from morning, to afternoon to evening! A little siesta and then we head to the restaurant for dinner - the food is sublime!