Córdoba

Awakened in the morning by the neighing and mooing of the hungry neighboring animals, I went for a morning walk through the town. The Mirador offered a great view of the village with the bullring and the surrounding landscape. It is not for nothing that the name of the village is El Castillo de las Guardas.

Our next stop should be Cordoba. On the way there we looked for a place to fill up our large gas bottle. In addition to cooking, we use these to operate the refrigerator and to heat up the water and cook. We recently filled this up in Norway without any problems, so it lasted a long time. Before we started the trip, we also got an adapter filling set, as gas bottles are very different in Europe. We found out relatively quickly that filling German gas bottles is not possible in Spain. Was banned because there were too many accidents. The same applies to Portugal and Spain. I no longer understand why this adapter set for filling was sold to us at the camping store after we told us about our plans.

When we arrived at the campsite near Cordoba and it was now well over 30 degrees, we decided to go to the pool and not drive into town. There was also the gas problem. The more we researched, the more sobering it became. Since it's not possible to fill it, we thought we could just buy a bottle with all the adapters that are necessary to connect the thing. I first asked at the campsite, no, they don't exchange anything, but there is a gas station nearby. It's not about swapping, I want to buy a new bottle. Uuuhhh, that's difficult... Do you have to sign a contract, your vehicle has to be checked to see whether the connection is correct, etc. It's about a cheap gas bottle, for God's sake! Della once drove to the gas station, no, she is only allowed to exchange, she is not allowed to sell a new one. Reading in various forums, it's always different, some sell without asking, others don't, you just have to drive to a few gas stations or look for one at the flea market. We already got the adapter at a Ferreteria.

We set off for Cordoba early in the morning with the intercity bus that leaves directly from the village. The bus arrived a few minutes later, the reason for this became clear to us as soon as we got on, the bus driver probably knew everyone personally and had a chat as we got on. The lively chatting continued on the journey, very friendly!

The historic city is definitely worth a visit, Andalusia is and remains a very beautiful region!