Breathe in, this is going to be tight

 We decided to move a little closer to the old town to save some walking in the heat. 

OMG!

Our satnav took us down some back streets that were tight as a duck's bottom for Reggie. If we had run into any obstacle it would have been a complete nightmare as I would have to have backed Reggie out with no room to spare. I think there were a few locals who were surprised to see us. The same surprised you get when you see a chap with two chips up his nose going "wibble, wibble".

We popped out on the main road just before a procession started, thus also surprising the cops who were organizing things! Finally we got to a tight corner with cars coming from all three other directions so there was a bit of a to do getting around there.

Somewhat stressful, you could say.

Anyway, the procession turned out to be Confirmation, so watched all the proud families processing. Dudes were carrying a reliquary, a band was playing, church dignitaries everywhere.

Procession over we checked out the Alcazar, of course. (If nothing else they usually have a great view.)

The mountain is known as The Face, though we can't work out why. Unrelated, there is a legend that in a Romeo and Juliet fashion a young knight wooed the Caliph's daughter, and forbidden to marry, they jumped off the chin, to their deaths.

The keep and belfry

Antequera

The fast train line

An old clock mechanism. It no longer tells the time.

We were just joking about ringing the bell since the mechanism was non-functional when the bloody think went off. Luckily it was 1pm or we'd be deaf!

Reggie's in that lot down below, recovering from the stressful ride in.

Roman, Moorish, Spanish... Layers and layers.

Roman baths

And of course a church. Consecrated 1550.

Faith and the seven sins

This 'collegiate' is quite plain on the inside. Neo-Gothic was just catching on.

We tried to see some Dolmens, but they were closed. So far every prehistoric site we've tried has been closed. 10s of thousands of years they've been there and all closed the days we come by.

On to Cordoba. As we got in while still light we had a wander as a taster.

A noria as you could see in Homs in Syria (and may still be able to if the civil war has spared them). If you look closely this one comes with cats.

The Roman bridge.

City gate

The Guadalquivir, last seen in Seville. It'd be an interesting boat trip, though I suspect there'd be a few weirs to navigate.