Food and travel

First a religious thought from the Bible:

Here is Paul talking about how we change by looking: ‘ By looking at the loveliness and glory of the Lord we are changed by the Spirit of the Lord.’ 2 Corinthians 3: 18 (My way of saying it.) Then the same person Paul says this:

‘We have a High Priest/ Jesus, who died on a cross, who is touched by our feelings of bodily illness and mental/moral weakness because He was tempted in all ways as we are but didn’t sin. So let us talk to Him/ Jesus boldly as He sits on a throne of grace and gives mercy and grace to help in a time of our need.’ Hebrews 4:15

Now for food and travel.

A day on the road and some food enjoyed in Córdoba with a few photographs.

Soup

Not just any soup but one made with a whole boiled chicken. Maimonides Soup, Jewish Penicillin, named after the Sephardic doctor from Cordoba who prescribed this chicken and spice soup to alleviate various health problems.

We went to a particularly nice restaurant for me to have it two days in a row. It was delicious and at €6.00 a bowl it was good with a side order of village bread and olive oil.

Another stop for food at another time.Three vegetarian options:

Don’t laugh this is odd but being vegetarian with Roy not eating meat at all, we had grilled asparagus with flakes of cheese, grilled lettuce hearts with ‘ blue cheese’ and for starters cold cream soup with almonds and figs.

Have a look:

The heart is usually sweet or bitter these were sweet.

Remember what Charles Lamb said : ‘ Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.’

Light and not sweet.

Then a breakfast served where workers come. This is how it happened. We have had trouble with an air block in the water system so we were waiting for two hours in a light industrial area, but the wait turned out to be interesting. I had wanted to have one of the traditional Spanish breakfasts and it was good to see it being served a warm pleasant place.

Toasted open roll with cold fresh tomatoe no seasoning. Olive oil, salt and pepper on the table. I enjoyed the space and the place.

Now for the wide open countryside. The Spanish lands have had rain some are ploughed others with closely planted olive trees. A colourful green, red and open flatnes with undulating hills in parts.

There have been several of these large figures of a bull and this one I managed to photograph.

The wind is cold, the clouds scurry through the blue sky as we all pass by. A fine day on the road.

Prickly pear in hazy sunshine with shadow.

I wondered what these young trees were.

It is good to be on the road.

Take care,

Sandy 🙂