Córdoba - London


Sitting in Córdoba train station waiting for our train to Malaga. Got up fairly early to accompany Duncan to his train to Malaga for his plane from there to Frankfurt. We on the other hand went for our antigen test which we need to enter the UK. (Negative both of us.) Since our plane is only this evening we walked about some more, almost aimlessly, had a coffee on the Plaza de la Corredera, waiting for the indoor market to open. This square dates back to the 17th century and used to “house” a townhall and a jail.

Bought loads of Iberican lomo ham to take home and in a roundabout way we made our way home and to bed for me, who would have doubted it! Then I emptied my pack completely to find a way of accommodating 5 kg of lomo! Which I managed to carry to the station on my back! Mind you, I did not carry 2 kg of water!

Train ride without problem, security controls at airport no problem - my walking boots which are still full of the chalky dust from the camino needed to go separately through controls. And here we are waiting again after dawdling through an endless line of shops. Departure in half an hour. Don’t know how long to London Heathrow - 3 hours maybe - then get luggage and home. Certainly will be after midnight. So I am calling this off. Have to find the photo of the yellow marking on the kerb next to a gulli (? Gulli in German and google translate says it is the same in English) which shows a dog and says “Pipi aqui” - “Pipi here”. Lots of places with these markings - I wonder whether they are heeded.....







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  1. ros14 September 2021 at 10:47

    Can Spanish dogs read ?

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  2. ros14 September 2021 at 10:48

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  3. Ina14 September 2021 at 22:31

    They can, but only Spanish!
    I noticed, Rosalind, that you removed a comment on two occasions! I wonder what they were...

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    1. ros20 September 2021 at 03:50

      just comments duplicated by google's technical incompetence ...

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