1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,240 What's up y'all thanks for joining the travel tales and talk podcast with Derek and Makayla. 2 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:13,240 I'm Derek. 3 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:14,240 I'm Makayla. 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,360 Thanks for listening and enjoy the show. 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:22,120 How y'all doing? 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,160 This is episode two. 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,560 The Corbada. 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:27,560 Corbada. 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:28,560 Corbada. 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:29,560 Corbada. 11 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:30,560 Corba. 12 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:38,560 So we're leaving Madrid at what time we wake up? 13 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,560 445. 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:40,560 445. 15 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,560 She's kicking everybody out of the bed. 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,480 It's time to get up. 17 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:49,840 We're about to catch our high speed train. 18 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,120 Can't wait to do that. 19 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,160 And then we're going to rent a car as well. 20 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,640 We talked about that at the end of episode one. 21 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,200 Let's get to it. 22 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:05,880 So we booked a train ride from Madrid to Córdoba via Iro. 23 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,160 I R Y O. 24 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,640 Not sure if I'm saying that correctly. 25 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:10,640 Iro. 26 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,120 And on there it was a really nice train. 27 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,040 Smelled good, looked good, real clean. 28 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,480 The food was delicious. 29 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,800 So I thought the seats were awesome too. 30 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,240 Yeah they were very very comfortable. 31 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,160 They were real leather seats too. 32 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,160 They were. 33 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,720 They had full, I call them wall plugs. 34 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:28,720 Yes. 35 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:29,720 Full plugs. 36 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:30,720 Full plugs. 37 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:31,720 European style. 38 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:32,720 Yes. 39 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:33,720 European style. 40 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,960 And they were, it was plenty of leg room. 41 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:39,280 I rode Amtrak before and it's kind of congested. 42 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,240 I had plenty of leg room. 43 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,360 And yes, and the seats are rather tall. 44 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,720 So I needed to use my foot rest. 45 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:55,760 I am five seven and my feet were barely touching the floor. 46 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,200 Which is a, I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing. 47 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,840 But it was a rather easy drive. 48 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:07,240 It was a, not an hour, hour and a half, well ride. 49 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,680 Well let's do this here. 50 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,160 I didn't know how much we paid for these tickets. 51 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,880 So would you tell the people how much these tickets cost us? 52 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,360 Because we ordered the meal. 53 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:15,960 We had the meal plan. 54 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,840 I want to say our tickets were about 45 euros a piece per person. 55 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:21,840 Really? 56 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:22,840 45 euros? 57 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:23,840 Didn't know that to right now. 58 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:24,840 Yes. 59 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,440 But the prices vary based off of the time that you travel. 60 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,240 We were traveling on the first route, which was at 6am. 61 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:33,240 6.50am. 62 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:34,240 6.50, okay, 6.50am. 63 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:39,200 And so it was the cheapest of the day. 64 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,840 So those prices went up from there. 65 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:47,560 And because we got the meal plan, that was the most expensive plan of that trip. 66 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,600 So let me ask you something. 67 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,840 Did they have like, because I didn't book this, I was involved in this portion of the 68 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:55,840 trip. 69 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:56,840 I'll just pay for it. 70 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,240 But anyway, just kidding, just kidding. 71 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:05,040 Did they have like basic, a basic economy, a premium or first class? 72 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,600 No, everything was the same. 73 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,000 All the seats are equal, except for the one that had the table in the middle. 74 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,640 It was literally if you wanted food, your level of food. 75 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:19,800 So you could have paid to have a snack. 76 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,040 And you could have paid to have a full meal. 77 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,600 Being that we were traveling so early, we didn't have enough time to stop and have breakfast. 78 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,120 I did the full meal. 79 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,120 Okay. 80 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:31,120 Didn't know that. 81 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:32,120 Good to know. 82 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,620 Good to know. 83 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:41,920 I thought for me, it was early I was tired, but the scenery going through the, is the 84 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:47,080 back country of Spain, getting to see the different terrains, getting to go through 85 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:53,720 downtown Madrid on a train, getting to see all the, we didn't talk about this in the 86 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:54,720 last episode. 87 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:59,560 I'm sorry, but I don't mean the graffiti. 88 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,560 You know how we, you don't like graffiti. 89 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,560 I don't like graffiti. 90 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,360 Downtown, they had the graffiti on the interstate and how you didn't like it. 91 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:10,360 But I liked it. 92 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:15,160 So when you leave on the train, you get to see some of the graffiti, some of the artwork. 93 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,560 I find that very interesting. 94 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,320 I like that. 95 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:27,320 Along with the countryside, you get to see these old, abandoned towns or you get to see 96 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:35,040 just the terrain of Spain, how it's different and the sections are different from South 97 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,880 Spain, North Spain, so Spain, how it's different. 98 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:40,840 You don't get to see that on a plane. 99 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:41,840 No. 100 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:47,840 Um, I know from one, I'd noticed that when you're driving or riding or driving down through 101 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:54,000 the South of Spain and the Andalucía region, you see a lot of these Pueblo's Blancos, all 102 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:00,960 these white towns where all of the houses or buildings in this town is white. 103 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,120 And there are quite a few of those. 104 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:09,160 So it was nice to be on the train and riding and in kind of seeing that on the way. 105 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,040 It's very beautiful. 106 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,600 Very beautiful. 107 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:21,000 So our train ride led us to the Hertz car rental place. 108 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,000 So when we arrived in Corbina. 109 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Yes. 110 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:29,720 So when we arrived in Corbina, the train station, like the Hertz was located in the train station. 111 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,120 So I had rented. 112 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:32,640 Everything was located in the train station. 113 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:33,640 Yes. 114 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:34,640 It's much like an airport. 115 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:35,640 Yeah. 116 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:36,640 Very, very convenient. 117 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,720 Restaurants, I saw a clothing store. 118 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,920 You could buy a suit. 119 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:42,640 You could buy anything in that train station. 120 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:43,640 You could. 121 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,120 It was very nice. 122 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:50,400 And so I decided that we were going to experience driving in Spain. 123 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:56,040 So one good thing about Spain is that they drive on the right side like we do in the 124 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:57,040 States. 125 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,680 So I was like, hey, we can handle this. 126 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,440 We got this. 127 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,440 So we go up in Hertz. 128 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,200 You know, I had reserved our car online. 129 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:10,960 I'm feeling all, you know, good about myself because I got my international driver's license, 130 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:15,280 you know, and, wow, the lady gives me all the paperwork. 131 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:17,800 Okay, sign here on this dotted line. 132 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:18,960 We get this car. 133 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:25,480 She walks us out, you know, with our keys and she's like, okay, there you go. 134 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,480 There's your car. 135 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:27,480 All right. 136 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:28,760 Yes, we got this. 137 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,880 And I'm like, no, Derek, I'm driving. 138 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,080 Got in this thing. 139 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,080 It's a stick shift. 140 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,480 I'm going to talk a minute about that in a second. 141 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,040 But I couldn't figure out how to turn on the car. 142 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,440 I didn't know where the on button was. 143 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:44,440 The on button. 144 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,840 And I'm trying to, I was like, okay, I had a stick shift for a long time. 145 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:53,640 I know how to, you got to push on this, the brake, the pep. 146 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,760 No, the car would not turn on. 147 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:04,400 So Derek had to get into the car and turn it on for me. 148 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,600 So you know, not a big deal. 149 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,840 You know, I was like, you have to put the clutch down. 150 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,320 You have to put the clutch down. 151 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,880 I didn't do that. 152 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,760 So you know, I'm like, well, you know, I got this, you know, I've driven a stick before 153 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:24,440 because one thing that you got to realize in Spain is that they are very conscious of 154 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,720 the environment. 155 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:32,320 So you're either going to get a manual or you're going to get an electric car. 156 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:33,320 Hybrid. 157 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:34,320 Well, yeah, a hybrid. 158 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,440 You're going to get a hybrid. 159 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:44,040 So Hertz only offered one hybrid and it was like an SUV and it was like 460 some euros 160 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,040 a day. 161 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,040 Yes. 162 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,960 So, so yeah, we weren't doing that. 163 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:54,560 But one other thing about the rental car, you have all these stipulations. 164 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:59,520 We had, you had to have a card to get out of the rental car place. 165 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,040 And when you returned it, you had to give it back to them or something. 166 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:08,640 Yeah, you had to turn that car in that card into your car rental place where you checked 167 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,800 it out of to make sure, you know, check some balances, make sure you didn't steal a vehicle. 168 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,160 That's different in the States. 169 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,320 Yes, it was. 170 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,640 One thing that they offered that hindsight 2020, I think we probably should have got 171 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,680 that GPS that they offered. 172 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,200 Yes, we should have got that GPS. 173 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:29,680 We should have got their GPS. 174 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:30,680 Yes. 175 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,320 Because our phone worked pretty good. 176 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:33,320 Mm-hmm. 177 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:34,840 But sometimes it didn't. 178 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:41,360 Yes, it's nice to have that extra backup because sometimes Apple Maps. 179 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,480 Google Maps, Apple Maps. 180 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,720 They were not, they were leading us astray. 181 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,520 Yes, they did. 182 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:57,000 But what I learned right away was that driving in Cordova City was a frightening affair. 183 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,720 It was very frightening. 184 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:05,760 Even though the people tend to follow traffic laws fairly well, if you've ever driven in 185 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:10,440 South America or Mexico, you know what I'm talking about. 186 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,840 Well, South Memphis. 187 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,360 South Memphis traffic laws are just suggestions. 188 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,360 Suggestions. 189 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:25,880 So, but they, but it's just, it's so many and the, the signs are different. 190 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,880 I recognize stop. 191 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,480 Yes, stop and yield. 192 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,440 I recognize that one. 193 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,320 But the other ones, it's like, oh my goodness. 194 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:40,200 So we would suggest you read up on international or European signage. 195 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,080 Yes, you definitely need to do your research before you. 196 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,720 Oh, you're in for a rude awakening. 197 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:45,720 Yes. 198 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:50,360 So what, what we decided to do was I decided to pull over and well, well, first of all, 199 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:56,120 we were rushing because I had a nine, eight, what kind? 200 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:57,120 I think nine. 201 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,040 Nine, 15, nine, 30 appointments. 202 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:00,040 Yes. 203 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:07,040 We had entry to one of the sites there and you had to be there right at that time. 204 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,560 And we were cutting it close with that train ride and that car rental. 205 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:15,160 So we didn't have a lot of wiggle room to make it to our destination on time. 206 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,840 So I decided to let Derek drive the car. 207 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:23,640 Well, I couldn't just pull over on the side, you know, or in a big parking lot. 208 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,840 Oh no, no, no, I had to pull into a one way neighborhood. 209 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:29,840 Neighborhood. 210 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:37,000 And so that's when we realized we did not know how to put the car in reverse. 211 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:41,280 So much so that we swore up and down that the car was broken. 212 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:42,280 You cut it down. 213 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,240 We needed to turn it back in. 214 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,440 Derek is like, you need the car hurts right now. 215 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,160 And I'm like, yo, I got to know. 216 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:50,160 I got an appointment. 217 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,280 You need to figure this out. 218 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,280 This going down the wrong way. 219 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,680 We, so we ended up driving down the wrong way. 220 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:00,640 We had to do whatever we had to do. 221 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:01,960 And the car and a car was coming. 222 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:02,960 And a car was coming. 223 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,080 I was like, these folks already know. 224 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,080 Yes. 225 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:07,080 They're American. 226 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,560 So make a long story short. 227 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:17,400 We were in this broken car does not go in reverse, but Derek is a broken brand new car. 228 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,600 Oh, it was brand new to have hardly any miles on it. 229 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:25,920 So Derek gets me to the mosque cathedral because that was our location. 230 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:37,840 The mosque cathedral, which is this beautiful mosque slash cathedral around since what 700. 231 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:38,840 Yes. 232 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,600 It was built in 784. 233 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:49,480 Like the original structure was built from 784 to 786 likes. 234 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,960 Just let that sink seep in. 235 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:57,280 Not even 19, this is before 1492, any of that. 236 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:58,280 Three digits. 237 00:11:58,280 --> 00:11:59,280 Yes. 238 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,280 Three digit year. 239 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,080 And it was extended in the ninth and the 10th century. 240 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,400 So this was the name of this mosque again. 241 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,840 The mosque cathedral. 242 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:10,840 Mosque. 243 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,840 It is a mosque with a cathedral right in the middle of it. 244 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,960 So we'll talk more about it in just a second. 245 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:24,680 The thing is, you know, I'm feeling all great because my man don't drop me off at my location. 246 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:26,720 I get there with minutes to spare. 247 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,960 I'm snapping pictures of London Rose. 248 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:30,120 Like, you look cute up here. 249 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,120 Get on these steps. 250 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:38,400 Y'all, I get over here to the line and show the ticket, which by the way, you have to 251 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:44,320 buy your tickets in advance online. 252 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,960 And I hold out my little paper like, yeah, man, we got our tickets. 253 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:49,960 Let me in. 254 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:50,960 Right. 255 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,560 And the man was like, no, sorry, you have the tickets for the audio tour. 256 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:55,560 I'm like, audio tour. 257 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:59,200 No, I didn't want an audio tour, but not just the audio tour. 258 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,880 Y'all, my ticket was just for the audio device. 259 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:05,400 It wasn't tickets to enter. 260 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,360 It was just to get the device to listen. 261 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,440 So we were going to have to sit on the steps and listen to this. 262 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,440 Basically. 263 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,960 So he was like, you need to go over there and get your ticket. 264 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:22,040 So I walk over there, quote unquote, over there and I'm standing in this line. 265 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:28,880 I got my passport and they're like, no, you can't buy tickets here, but this ticket is 266 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,720 a ticket for the audio device. 267 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,120 And this man is shoving these audio devices in my hand. 268 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:39,600 And he was like, this ticket also allows you interest to some other site. 269 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,720 So I still do not have tickets to the mosque cathedral. 270 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:51,960 Now, mind you, the trip to Cordoba was specifically to go to the mosque cathedral. 271 00:13:51,960 --> 00:14:00,120 This whole day in our tour was carved out to visit this historical world UNESCO site 272 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,440 that I had no tickets to enter. 273 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,240 So me by this time, Derek has parked our car. 274 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:07,240 No, no, no, no. 275 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:08,240 He has a story to tell. 276 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:09,240 We're going to get there. 277 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,760 We're going to get back up while you were while you were fighting over these devices. 278 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,600 I'm getting harassed by the police, but I'll let you finish. 279 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:17,600 Oh, yes. 280 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,120 We're going to come back to that. 281 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:26,000 So Derek walks up and I got my devices for my neck and I have my tickets in the guy. 282 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,760 I guess he was just like, you know what? 283 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:29,200 I feel bad for you. 284 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,200 He just let us in. 285 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,600 The guy was like, come on. 286 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,960 Yeah, he's like, I'm sick of dealing with you. 287 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,480 Come on. 288 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,920 So we get in the mosque cathedral. 289 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,720 I said, you're going to make these fake tickets work. 290 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,160 Basically, yes. 291 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,280 And I'm telling you guys, this building made me gasp. 292 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:49,800 It took my breath when I entered. 293 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,240 It was so beautiful. 294 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,280 And you know, just a little bit about the building. 295 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:04,600 Once again, it just amazes me that they could build something like this without today's 296 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:05,600 technology. 297 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,840 Without today's technology. 298 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:17,920 So this the Moors, you know, Africans built the mosque as a Muslim stronghold in Cordoba 299 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:22,000 back in 784 AD. 300 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:30,520 But then when the Christians came in, Spanish Kings, Spanish inquisition, they came in and 301 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,760 literally kicked all the Moors out. 302 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:42,160 They took over the mosque and built this elaborate, beautiful cathedral right in the middle of 303 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,160 this mosque. 304 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:53,640 So you walk in and you see all the, you know, Moors, designs and structures. 305 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:59,120 And then it's like, you look to the right and bam, you in this cathedral. 306 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:00,840 You got a cross. 307 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:06,800 Jesus hanging from it, you know, and it's like, there are two totally separate structures 308 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,280 in this one space. 309 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,560 And if you think about it, it's kind of messed up how they did that. 310 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:16,320 How they just took these people's holy place and just built their own church right in the 311 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,320 inside of it. 312 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,480 You know, it's really disrespectful, but it's. 313 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:24,280 But the fortunate thing is that they didn't tear it down. 314 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:25,280 They did not tear it down. 315 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:26,280 No. 316 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,440 In most cases, they destroyed anything the Moors built and replaced it. 317 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:31,440 Like this one. 318 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:39,080 Because what people don't realize is that the Royal Palace in Madrid was, there was a Moorish, 319 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:45,920 I think it was a cathedral there and they tore down and then built the Royal Palace 320 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,000 right on top of it. 321 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,560 So but back to Derek. 322 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:55,400 So while I'm sitting here trying to figure out what to do with my bogus tickets, Derek 323 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,840 on the other hand is in this car, this broken car. 324 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,840 No reverse. 325 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,120 And tell them what happened. 326 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:07,840 So after I drop off my boot thing, I don't know where I'm going because I don't have 327 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,120 GPS, but I figured I just make the block. 328 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:11,120 Just burn the block. 329 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:13,240 It'll take me back to where I was. 330 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:18,960 However, as I make this right hand turn, there is this flashing light. 331 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:19,960 And I know what it means. 332 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,520 It means do not enter, but there are cars in front of me. 333 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:30,640 My thing is these guys go, I'm going to win in Spain, do as the Spanish, right? 334 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:36,200 So I put that thing in second gear and I hit it. 335 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:40,120 La policía thought otherwise didn't pull anyone else over. 336 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,240 I'm like, why are you pulling me over? 337 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:49,800 And he rose down his window and he says, when is this nice and calm? 338 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,640 Then every word after that, he was angry. 339 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:58,560 He was, I don't know what he was saying, but he was upset. 340 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,400 And I understood one thing that I was going the wrong way. 341 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,480 And I said, lo siento, I'm sorry. 342 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:07,480 I'll turn around. 343 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,200 He said, no, no, keep going. 344 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,200 Don't do it again. 345 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:16,160 It's like, if you knew English, why you didn't yell at me English? 346 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,680 So I was like, oh my God, I'm going to jail. 347 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:23,760 I'm going down the wrong way in another country. 348 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:30,320 So the crazy part about that is never been in this place before. 349 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:31,800 I found my way back. 350 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,320 I just knew I was going to get lost. 351 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:39,920 I just figured I was going to end up in Barcelona somehow because I had no GPS, no map. 352 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:44,400 I just remembered from the first time we went through how to get back to where we were going. 353 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:49,120 We had driven right past the parking lot because the parking lot looks like the cathedral. 354 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:50,120 It looks like the mosque. 355 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:53,360 I'm like, it can't be a parking lot. 356 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:54,360 It was a parking lot. 357 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:56,280 I love the way that they designed that. 358 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,120 So I get back to the parking lot. 359 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:04,840 We don't have reverse, of course, at this point in this car that was built in 2024. 360 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:09,400 And I have to find a parking space within this garage where I can just pull through because 361 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:10,720 we don't have reverse. 362 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,600 We don't have reverse. 363 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:19,680 So I had to get to the top floor to find a space to put this car in so we can just pull 364 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,600 through because we can't go in reverse. 365 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:27,520 So that was a whole adventure. 366 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,680 I finally get the car parked. 367 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,080 I finally walk back and find Makala. 368 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:37,520 She's a little upset because she has fake tickets. 369 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,200 She got bogus tickets. 370 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:44,360 So things start to work out and we finally get in the guy that's us in. 371 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:49,040 And like she said, this building is fantastic. 372 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:53,960 It's amazing that it is still standing after all this time. 373 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,560 I'm amazed every time I see one of those old buildings. 374 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:01,360 It's been here since the 700s to 600s and they're still standing. 375 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:09,920 And some of those buildings, they convert it to restaurants, shops, parking lots. 376 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:10,920 Hotels. 377 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,800 And the main structure is still intact. 378 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,120 It's mind blowing. 379 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:22,840 So what Derek didn't tell you, the reason why the police did not pull over the other 380 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,760 cars, it was not a racial thing. 381 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,920 Don't want you to think that. 382 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:32,480 It was because the other cars were taxis or Ubers. 383 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:33,960 I should have told them I was Uber. 384 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,040 And there was a sign that says that, but it was in Spanish. 385 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:43,960 But the roads around the cathedral is like the whole square block, like, you know, all 386 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:45,920 the way around it. 387 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:50,720 The road is only open certain hours a day for normal cars. 388 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,280 Or more traffic. 389 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:57,440 And outside of that is only emergencies, tri-chairs, traffic. 390 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,240 Yeah, and emergency vehicles. 391 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,520 So Derek was in those hours where it was only ride chairs. 392 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:08,520 So another thing is that we were not supposed to stay overnight in Court of the Run. 393 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:09,520 That wasn't the plan. 394 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,720 So I left that part of our trip. 395 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,600 Yeah, I had a feeling I may want it to stay. 396 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,200 I wasn't sure. 397 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,520 So I didn't book a room. 398 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,160 We had nowhere to stay. 399 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:26,840 We're sitting here, you know, walking through this cathedral, taking videos and pictures. 400 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:28,440 And we come out like, huh. 401 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:29,880 Wow, that was nice. 402 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:30,880 So what's next? 403 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:31,880 What's next? 404 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,600 I thought we were going to sleep in the rental car. 405 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,600 That was like, uh, no say. 406 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,600 I don't know. 407 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:42,680 And then we just so happened to say, you know what, let's stay for the evening. 408 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,000 And let's walk around and see. 409 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,120 There's other things. 410 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:49,800 Find a hotel. 411 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:56,200 And we literally walked around and found a hotel to stay in. 412 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,400 So we went into this one and it was so beautiful. 413 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,000 And we were like, oh, let's stay here. 414 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Oh, sorry, we're full. 415 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 We're full. 416 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000 Yeah. 417 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 For some reason, I didn't, I don't know what I was thinking. 418 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,640 I didn't think they'd be full either because it was a Monday, right? 419 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:11,640 Yeah. 420 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:12,640 It was Monday. 421 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:13,640 Nothing happening. 422 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,400 Nothing special, no festivals, nothing. 423 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:17,400 They were full. 424 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,320 And they was like, you know what, check our partners that are on the other street over, 425 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:25,000 which is literally the other side of the cathedral. 426 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:31,000 So we did that and lo and behold, they had availability. 427 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:36,640 And so that hotel was the Eurostar Conquistador Hotel. 428 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,760 And it was beautiful. 429 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:48,880 It was so beautiful that ruins from the cathedral were located underneath the hotel. 430 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:53,680 And they just built a glass floor so that you could still see the ruins. 431 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:58,560 As you're walking to the elevators to get to your room. 432 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:05,160 And we were fortunate enough to get a balcony that faced the cathedral. 433 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,360 So the cathedral was our next door neighbor. 434 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:09,080 You can look right at the window. 435 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,080 Yeah, we looked right at the window. 436 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,080 And access to the cathedral. 437 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:12,080 Sure did. 438 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,080 Beautiful. 439 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:16,000 And our rooms were not that expensive. 440 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,600 I think we paid $180 something a night. 441 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,400 Yeah, then they'd throw the taxes on there and all that. 442 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:23,880 It was worth it. 443 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:24,880 It was well worth it. 444 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:25,880 Yes. 445 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:26,880 It's an experience. 446 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,160 It was an experience. 447 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,160 Nice hotel. 448 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,920 It was a nice hotel. 449 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:37,080 And a lot of things, these older hotels will come with a bidet. 450 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:43,040 And I had London Rose, so you know, we had to turn it into a school moment. 451 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:50,040 So I'm on YouTube looking up videos on how to use a bidet and show her so she can. 452 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,520 So here's what I need to use. 453 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,520 I'm not using a bidet. 454 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,760 I'm not using a bidet for. 455 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,760 I tell anybody. 456 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,080 And if you can use one, use one. 457 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,080 They are also. 458 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,080 Okay, whatever. 459 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:03,920 But get back to this hotel. 460 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:09,480 This hotel is an old structure as well that they renovated. 461 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:14,520 And it still had the characteristic of the original building. 462 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:19,360 It didn't like demolish it and then rebuild it in its image. 463 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:25,280 It was the original building retrofitted to 2024 standards. 464 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:26,280 No. 465 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,960 Did they have a pool? 466 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:30,960 They did not have a pool. 467 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,760 But what they had was a patio. 468 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,240 And the patio is basically a courtyard. 469 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,000 And it's a beautiful courtyard. 470 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,360 In fact, quarter of the blood is known for their patios. 471 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:43,360 Yeah. 472 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:47,160 And that's where the restaurant was the bar. 473 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:55,600 And every year, I think it's the first two weeks in May, people like private citizens 474 00:24:55,600 --> 00:25:02,480 were open up their homes and have their patios on display for the public to come through 475 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,680 their homes and visit their patios. 476 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:05,680 Is it like a contest? 477 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:06,680 Like a contest? 478 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:07,680 Yes. 479 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:08,680 Amongst the citizens. 480 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:09,680 Yes. 481 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:10,680 Yeah. 482 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:11,680 And so you could do that. 483 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,120 And the hotel that we stayed in participates in that. 484 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:18,120 I think they may have had the best one. 485 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:19,440 It was beautiful. 486 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:20,440 For me. 487 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:28,000 Unfortunately, we left like a week before the patio tour started. 488 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,400 But there were people preparing for it then. 489 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,280 Even what I saw was spectacular. 490 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,480 They take Brian and those things. 491 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:37,680 They do. 492 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:46,200 So one good thing about Cordova was that they have this Roman bridge and it's just a bridge 493 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,680 over their little river. 494 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,680 I forgot the name of the river. 495 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:50,680 Sorry guys. 496 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:58,480 But I insisted that we get up to watch the sunrise over the Roman bridge. 497 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,880 Then we do like a sunset thing too. 498 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:02,320 We did a sunset thing. 499 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:07,880 So Derek, when it was time to wake up for sunrise, I did sunset. 500 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,640 It's the same thing. 501 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,480 So he didn't get up. 502 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,480 So me by myself. 503 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,480 You didn't wake me up. 504 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:16,480 I did. 505 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:17,480 To be fair. 506 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:18,960 You said, Derek, I couldn't hear that. 507 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:19,960 I'm dead. 508 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:20,960 Guess what? 509 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:21,960 We just gonna agree to disagree. 510 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,720 And I made it to sunrise view of the cathedral. 511 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,720 I actually watched, looked at the cathedral. 512 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,560 The sun rose over the cathedral from the bridge. 513 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,280 And it was breathtaking. 514 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:34,800 And I wasn't the only one out there. 515 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,280 There was like two other photographers out there just snapping away. 516 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,280 That's why I knew I was doing the right thing. 517 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,080 I said, I knew I wasn't crazy. 518 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,520 Cause if they out here, it's a good idea. 519 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,560 Here's the thing we need to back up. 520 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:52,000 Before we did the sunset, we had dinner. 521 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,160 We did. 522 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,840 We went to dinner at the Bodega's Mesquita Céspedes. 523 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,520 They supposedly have the best tapas. 524 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,680 And you have to have a reservation. 525 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,120 You have to make a reservation or you're not getting in. 526 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:07,120 Yes. 527 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:09,120 Now granted, we made our reservations two hours prior. 528 00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:10,120 Right. 529 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,120 We got lucky. 530 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:12,880 But we did have a reservation. 531 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:18,360 Now I'm going to let y'all know that tipping Spain is not a tipping country. 532 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,840 Like tipping is not a thing there. 533 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,800 But waiters and waitresses are salary. 534 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:24,800 Yes. 535 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,880 But they are starting to get on the tipping trend. 536 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,200 To get on that tipping trend. 537 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:34,480 So just be aware that they're not typically a tipping culture. 538 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,400 And some people find it offensive. 539 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:37,400 Yes. 540 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:38,400 It finds it offensive. 541 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:43,640 But the in Bodega's Mesquita Céspedes, they had it right there on their receipt. 542 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,320 Do we deserve a tip? 543 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:46,320 Question marks? 544 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:47,320 Yep. 545 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:48,320 Smiley face. 546 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:49,320 Yes. 547 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:50,320 Smiley face. 548 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:51,320 Sad face. 549 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,320 Okay. 550 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:53,320 Medium face. 551 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:54,320 Maybe not. 552 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:55,320 No. 553 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:56,320 Maybe not. 554 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,320 It had a sad face. 555 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:58,320 I'm looking like, what is this? 556 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:59,320 Yeah. 557 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,960 So we have a friend in Spain and we told her about it. 558 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,080 She was like, Micaela, that's not a thing. 559 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,160 Yeah, we don't tip. 560 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,160 We don't tip. 561 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,160 They got over. 562 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,320 They just, you just gave your money away. 563 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,320 I really don't care. 564 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,320 And you know what? 565 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,000 We are, I like to think that we are very generous tippers. 566 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,200 So our waitress, I mean waiter got over it. 567 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,840 I just feel like we should tip anyway. 568 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:20,840 Yeah. 569 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,360 I mean, you're going to get my food, you're bringing it back. 570 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:27,800 And actually the young man made great suggestions on what we should eat. 571 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:31,880 And I feel like I should tip him for that. 572 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:32,880 But that's not their culture. 573 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,800 So he got his regular salary plus this. 574 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,360 Plus, well, 15, I think I gave him 15. 575 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,640 No, if it's any time dealing with me, I'm always 20, 25%. 576 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,720 No, I gave him 15 euros, which is way more than his 20%. 577 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:47,720 Oh, okay. 578 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:53,680 Because his suggestion on this angrier, but not more than a suggestion. 579 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:58,960 I think they have the best in Spain, you agree? 580 00:28:58,960 --> 00:28:59,960 Disagree? 581 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:01,240 It was good. 582 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,440 I'm just there for the Chordiso. 583 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:04,440 That's it. 584 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,200 So who do you think had the best sangria? 585 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,320 I still like the one in Portugal. 586 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,600 Portugal has the best sangria. 587 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:12,600 I'm sorry. 588 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,560 It was, it's two or three. 589 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,160 I think this one is number one. 590 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,240 Just my opinion. 591 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:21,240 It's close. 592 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:22,240 Agree to disagree. 593 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,680 We can do that. 594 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,640 And we finished up the morning. 595 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:35,000 So you know, the next morning, I saw the sunrise, we decided to walk around the Jewish neighborhood 596 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,520 and they have a synagogue there. 597 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,600 Yes, I remember that. 598 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,040 Didn't we have to get tickets for that? 599 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,040 It was free. 600 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,040 It was gratis. 601 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,040 But it was full. 602 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,560 We had to be there early. 603 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,880 Yes, because it's a hot tourist spot. 604 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,760 We were in there with tourists. 605 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,320 It looked like we're not tourists, right? 606 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,320 That we are. 607 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:58,840 And the streets are really narrow. 608 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:00,080 They're cobblestones. 609 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,120 There's horses riding up and down them. 610 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,600 It is beautiful. 611 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:05,600 Flowers everywhere. 612 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,600 Like we went in spring, so flowers everywhere. 613 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,680 We got the hanging legs with the hoofs. 614 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:12,680 Oh yeah. 615 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,120 The beef legs. 616 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,360 And there's artisans on the streets selling their art. 617 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:23,720 And I like to, wherever I go, at least bring back one piece of art. 618 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,040 That guy was good. 619 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,160 Yeah, there was a guy. 620 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:32,160 We bought a couple of pieces from him and then we were back in the car. 621 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,880 But you know, back to this rental car. 622 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:41,880 So like I said, the road that we were on was shut down certain times of the day. 623 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:47,440 So Derek and I didn't want to wait to bring our luggage to the hotel during the time where 624 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,760 we could just drove our cars up. 625 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:57,080 And we decided to pull our luggage like a half a mile away on these cobblestone roads. 626 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,080 Terrible. 627 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,080 Terrible idea. 628 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:00,080 Terrible idea. 629 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,080 Derek was like, just get out what you need. 630 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,720 I was like, I'm not leaving my luggage in this car. 631 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:11,200 But when we get to the car, because we thought originally that we would leave and go somewhere 632 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,600 and get something to eat. 633 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:18,480 And there's, you know, we decided against it. 634 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:23,680 But by that time, Derek had pulled his car out of the parking space. 635 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:24,680 So I'm sitting here. 636 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,760 We're trying to put the car back in the parking space. 637 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:27,760 I'm in the dress. 638 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:28,760 I was trying to figure out reverse. 639 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:29,760 Right. 640 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:30,760 He tried to figure out reverse. 641 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:31,760 I'm in my dress. 642 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,520 He's behind the steering wheel. 643 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:38,960 I'm pushing the car back into place with my dress and sandals. 644 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,720 And there's this couple next to us. 645 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,640 The wife, she was out directing her husband into the parking space. 646 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:45,640 Trying to get into these tiny parking spaces. 647 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,920 Yes, because the parking space are really tiny. 648 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:48,920 Very tiny. 649 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,960 Everything, when it comes to cars over there, everything's going to be small. 650 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,320 So we joke about this. 651 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:55,560 We couldn't take the Armada. 652 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:56,560 Oh, yeah. 653 00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:00,680 If we had the Armada transported to Spain, they would just push it off the plane. 654 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:01,680 Yes. 655 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:02,960 I was like, you're not bringing this car to our country. 656 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,800 Where are you going to drive it? 657 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,560 Our Armada would not work at all. 658 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:07,560 It wouldn't fit anywhere. 659 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:08,560 It wouldn't fit anywhere. 660 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,960 We didn't see a single car as big as the Armada. 661 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,480 But let me back to this family. 662 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,640 We found out that they were French. 663 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,000 They did not speak English. 664 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,000 They did not speak Spanish. 665 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,000 French. 666 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,840 They knew five words of English. 667 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,560 They knew a couple of words. 668 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,080 And what we were able to get was... 669 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,440 They knew the words we needed to know. 670 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:29,440 Manual. 671 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:30,440 Car. 672 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:31,440 Push. 673 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:32,440 Car. 674 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:33,440 Back. 675 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:34,440 Reverse. 676 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,080 So the woman tried to relay it to Mr. Tour Husband. 677 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,160 And he's like, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee. 678 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:44,440 He gets out and then somehow he got Derek to let him get in the car. 679 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,600 I said, I spoke English. 680 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,320 Show me how to put this car in reverse. 681 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:51,320 Can't go back. 682 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:52,840 Show me how to make it go back. 683 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:53,840 He said, wee. 684 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,400 He gets in the car, sits down. 685 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,600 He said, oh. 686 00:32:58,600 --> 00:32:59,600 Push. 687 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:00,600 Push. 688 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:01,600 Push. 689 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,320 He's talking about the stick ship. 690 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,320 The stick ship. 691 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:12,760 So with the reverse in Europe, we know in America, in this country, in the States, reverse 692 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,960 is usually at the bottom on the right-hand side, correct? 693 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:16,960 Yes. 694 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:17,960 All right. 695 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:24,560 So in Europe, at least in Spain, at least the car we rented, reverse is where the one 696 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:31,800 is, except you push down first, then you push it forward, then the car goes in reverse. 697 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,560 So freaking confusing. 698 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:38,960 It was confusing for us because we drove a Firebird for years and it was literally moved 699 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:39,960 to the right. 700 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:40,960 Pull it down. 701 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:41,960 Pull it down. 702 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:42,960 There is no pushing or any of that. 703 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:43,960 No pushing. 704 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:52,080 And my company cars at Pepsi put it in reverse, which is in the back, just like I thought 705 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,960 it was across the world, but it's not the case. 706 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,320 So that was great news. 707 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,320 Our rental car was not broken. 708 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,160 We fixed it. 709 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:02,160 The Frenchman fixed it. 710 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,200 We had a Shadry mechanic fix our reverse on the spot. 711 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:07,200 So that was it. 712 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,560 And so we decided, oh, now we're in this car. 713 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,320 It goes in reverse. 714 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:12,640 We're ready for our next adventure. 715 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:17,560 We were headed to Ronda, but before we get to Ronda, lo and behold, we got Derek and 716 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,040 London Rose got to eat. 717 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,040 Yep. 718 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,040 Got to eat. 719 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,040 And her favorite restaurant, McDonald's. 720 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,040 McDonald's. 721 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,560 How you want to get McDonald's in Spain? 722 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,400 I don't know, but Derek agreed to the shenanigans. 723 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,000 And while we're on our way to the nearest McDonald's, this man is going to be the best 724 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,720 man is driving down the wrong street. 725 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:35,720 No, no, no, no. 726 00:34:35,720 --> 00:34:36,720 We're in the city. 727 00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:40,000 We're in the, at this point, we are in the busy city. 728 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,640 Like the real down, like wouldn't it get like six lanes across? 729 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,120 This man is going in the wrong way. 730 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,440 Well, not the wrong way. 731 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:55,840 He ended up driving in the bus lane, the bus and taxi lane. 732 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,160 But the bus and taxi lane is only one lane. 733 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,400 So the other five lanes are cars headed in our direction. 734 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:02,400 Yep. 735 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,280 And all I could do was like, thank, we're going to jail. 736 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:06,280 We're going to jail. 737 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:07,280 This man going to get us in jail. 738 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:08,280 We're going to jail. 739 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,280 We're going to jail. 740 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:10,280 We're going to jail. 741 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:11,280 We're going to jail. 742 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:12,280 We're going to jail. 743 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,280 We're going to jail. 744 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:14,280 London Rose will have to take a cup and then hit it across the bars and sing, sweet love. 745 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,280 We're going to get our international driver's license revoked. 746 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:18,280 Yes. 747 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:19,280 Thank goodness. 748 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:20,280 Nobody was coming. 749 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,280 Nobody was coming. 750 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,280 Because there was a motorcycle in front of us. 751 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,400 So he was going, doing the wrong thing too. 752 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,400 No. 753 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,640 See, they had the bus and taxi lane. 754 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,880 Then they had the motorcycle lane. 755 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,640 So the motorcycle lane was far right. 756 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,160 Then I was in the taxi bus lane. 757 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,480 We shouldn't have been going that direction. 758 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:40,480 So he was in the right. 759 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:41,480 And then he was getting ready. 760 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,400 Derek was getting ready to bus or right. 761 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,800 Oh, GPS is turned right here. 762 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,120 He about to turn like, baby, this the wrong way. 763 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:50,600 You can't turn that. 764 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:55,040 So he had, he was about to have us going the wrong way, the traffic. 765 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,720 So we were going to be headed head on to the traffic. 766 00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:03,960 This is why before you go, if you're going to rent a car, get up on those signs. 767 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:08,600 Because they're different than they are here in the States. 768 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,160 We don't have dedicated bus and taxi lanes. 769 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,160 We don't have that here. 770 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,160 They do in Atlanta. 771 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:14,160 Where? 772 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:15,720 I live in Atlanta with you. 773 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:16,720 Atlanta station. 774 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:17,720 Okay. 775 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:19,120 One block. 776 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:23,440 This is an entire city with dedicated bus and taxi lanes. 777 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:24,720 You can't even turn that way. 778 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:27,920 I broke the law like 12 times today. 779 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:28,920 A mission of guilt? 780 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:29,920 Yes, I did. 781 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:34,920 I broke, hey, I'm going to say when they take me to court, they would have took me to court. 782 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:35,920 You're on. 783 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:36,920 I'm a silly American. 784 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:37,920 I'm a stupid American. 785 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:38,920 They would let me go. 786 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:39,920 Oh my gosh. 787 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:45,480 But get up, get you a, I guess you can Google it now. 788 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:50,560 Google European signs or whatever country you're going to, if you're going to drive 789 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:55,000 a car because their signs are totally different than ours. 790 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,320 Stop is still the same. 791 00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:58,840 Green means go. 792 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,560 Outside of that, you got to study. 793 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:03,560 Okay. 794 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:08,160 Well, let's talk about McDonald's. 795 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,360 McDonald's was, was good. 796 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,640 I gave them grief or nothing. 797 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,680 It was actually delicious. 798 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:15,680 It's different menu. 799 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,120 And they had different food on there. 800 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,120 Different sauces. 801 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,240 Different food, different sauces. 802 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:23,360 Their mystery sauce was a true mystery. 803 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,360 It was a mystery. 804 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,760 I have no idea what it was, but it was delicious. 805 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,640 It was very delicious. 806 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,640 It was good. 807 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:34,000 So McDonald's got our money quite a few times in Spain. 808 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,160 Burger King got our money once. 809 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,520 The Burger King menu is different as well. 810 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:44,120 So they have like a double, a double chicken sandwich or something. 811 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:45,120 It was good. 812 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,120 I didn't have that. 813 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:47,120 The whole London Rose had it. 814 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:52,400 I think I had like the cheese nacho fries or something, which was strange for my Burger 815 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,400 King. 816 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:59,040 And they had, their ice cream was very good. 817 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,520 It was different than what you would get here in the States. 818 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,280 It wasn't true just like of another cone. 819 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,120 It was something totally different. 820 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,120 Yeah. 821 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,480 And which brings us back to the food in general. 822 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:17,080 Remember how we talked about Spain is very, very good about health and nationality. 823 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,200 Nature and being eco-friendly. 824 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,320 And that holds true to their food. 825 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:29,960 So they use more healthy ingredients. 826 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:34,720 Not only do they use different ingredients, there are certain preservatives and chemicals 827 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,240 that we put in our food in the States. 828 00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:41,600 It's illegal in certain European countries, so they don't have to worry about that. 829 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:47,160 So if you think about it, fertilizers that we put on our fruits and our plants, they 830 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,880 don't use a lot of that stuff. 831 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:54,520 So if you buy, let's say a plum, if you don't buy it in two days, it's going to trash it 832 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,720 because it's going to start decaying. 833 00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:01,640 So we've had apples on our counter for two weeks. 834 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,440 That's not how fruit should work. 835 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:07,800 In the moment it's plucked from the tree, it should start decaying. 836 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,720 48, 72 hours somewhere in there. 837 00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:16,360 But we added all these fertilizers, genetics, which make our food last longer, but it's 838 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,040 not as healthy for us. 839 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:23,640 But they've been said they don't use a lot of chemicals that we use here in the States 840 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:24,640 on their food. 841 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,640 So it tastes slightly different. 842 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:34,760 So we ate a lot and actually lost weight. 843 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:41,720 And then also, we'll talk about this in Sevilla, but we saw it in corporate as well, they don't 844 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:43,520 put their eggs in the refrigerator. 845 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:44,520 No. 846 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:45,520 Never. 847 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,320 So I was like, why are the eggs just sitting in a box? 848 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,320 Because they're natural. 849 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:51,320 Yeah. 850 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:52,320 So that was it. 851 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,360 And so, that was it. 852 00:39:55,360 --> 00:40:02,520 That's our, that was quarter of a, quarter of a month and one day and we were off to Ronda. 853 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:03,680 The ride to Ronda. 854 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:04,840 The ride to Ronda. 855 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:05,840 That's next time. 856 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:06,840 Ooh. 857 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,640 So y'all be good out there. 858 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,800 Take care. 859 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,240 If you made it this far, you are the true champion. 860 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:20,560 You could have been anywhere doing anything, but you instead chose to spend your time with 861 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:21,560 us. 862 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:23,240 And for that, we say thank you. 863 00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:24,240 Thank you. 864 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:25,240 I'm Derek. 865 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:26,240 I'm Makayla. 866 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:28,160 Rate, like and subscribe. 867 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,800 Do good, be good. 868 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,480 Until next time.