Epic fail today. Somehow, even after arriving twenty minutes early for the train, I somehow managed to miss my ride to Cordoba even though I was on the platform five minutes before it was due to leave….ARGH! Literally had to watch it pull away and leave without me. Fumed the whole walk back to Sylvia and Alex’s. All was not lost thankfully. After Alex suggested a trip to Italica I headed out the door once again! Thank goodness.

Italica is an archeological complex just North of Sevilla – ruins of an old Roman metropolis. (Sevilla is filled with them obviously.) This bus thankfully leaves every half hour so I made it there in no time and was able to thoroughly enjoy the site.

Was pretty awesome to explore and get a first hand look at the old Amphitheatre.

As I was leaving Italica, there just happened to be a parade starting! I have no idea what it was for but it was great to witness some rural Andalusia culture and traditions still being upheld.

Cordoba slipped through my fingers somehow but I guess it wasn’t meant to be. Ancient Roman ruins and a local folk parade though are not too shabby of substitutes!