Husna Who: Travelogue | Spain - Cordoba, Granada and Barcelona

"And then I realized,
adventures
are the best way
to learn"

Honestly I don't feel like writing separate posts for my Spain trip, so I'll just conclude everything in this post! We only went to Cordoba, Granada and Barcelona since we were really on a budget, so we had to choose which cities that were really worth a visit. We crossed out Madrid off the list because based on my friends' experience, the city was a bit plain. Probably a day trip visit would do, but nevermind. We wanted to go to Sevilla, Malaga, Cordoba, Granada and Barcelona but reconsidering our limited time, we had to cross out Malaga and Sevilla as well. In the end we managed to spend only around £280 for this trip inclusive of flight tickets. I was actually a bit proud of myself for this achievement! Hehe

How was Spain? One word; AMAZING.

So let's start with our first stop, Cordoba. Our main reason for visiting this city was its Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba. It used to be a cathedral that was dedicated to Virgin Mary, but when Muslims conquered Spain in 711, they turned the place into a mosque and rebuilt everything. Then when Islam went lost during Reconquest period, they turned the place back into a cathedral, until today. Sad, right? Anyway, you probably want to avoid visiting it on Sunday like we did. Apparently the Christians held their religious event on every Sunday, obviously. But we totally forgot about that. So it was only opened from 3pm-6pm to public and yes, that place was swarmed by a lot of people. I repeat, a lot. But it was still a great experience though. And bear in mind that we muslims are not allowed to pray in that place. The guards will always have their eyes on us which was a bit uncomfortable. I actually saw a non-muslim woman was kneeling because she wanted to take photos, and she was asked to stand up immediately. And I was like, okay..

So next stop was Granada and this place was my personal favorite (I think it's everyone's favorite). The main attraction was of course the palace, Al Hambra where all the detailed carvings was done by hands, and I was just like wow. Amazing. You have to buy the tickets beforehand by the way, so that it'll be easier. Oh and I loved their Moroccan Market! If it wasn't because of our budget, I would've splurged my money on those beautiful lamps, painted tapestries, harem pants and other things-that-i-know-i-would-not-even-use. I've always I had a thing for Morrocan decorations, so everything just happened to look so appealing. But, I managed to calm down and suppress my inner shopaholic. Though in the I ended up buying not one but two harem pants that cost me €20, and I almost bought a tapestry to hang on my bedroom wall haha

Our final stop was Barceola. We spent a day and a half in this city. Now, we didn't manage to go to Montserrat (bummer) but it was still a great experience. And again, you have to pay to go inside most of the attractions. So make sure you bought the tickets beforehand especially for Parc Guell, just in case it was sold out on the day of your visit. Talking about Parc Guell, I personally loved it. Did you know that that place was supposed to be a residential area for the borguoise people back in 1900s? But it was unfinished, so years after that the place became city property. One of the things that amused me about this place was that the stone benches was actually comfortable, like really. So I was impressed with Gaudi's architecture.

Anyway as usual, scroll down for photos :)