These are a few photos from a brief daytrip to Cordoba.  That the day the heat was so scorching it was quite a relief to duck into the cool, dark interiors of the Great Mosque.  Once a pagan temple turned mosque turned Roman Catholic Church, it's a fascinating series of layers and incongruous designs elements.

It's impossible to miss La Sagrada Familia while in Barcelona.  Not only does it dominate its nearby landscape (having its own metro stop), it's also the last and maybe most famous work of Gaudí.  The sheer immensity of it is rather awe-inspiring, like a stone forest canopy...

At night families, joggers, and dogs abound in a nearby park and the reflection of La Sagrada Familia resembles a Monet painting on the lake, composed of softened shapes of light.