Morocco in Photos

I never showed you my Morocco photos, did I?  Well, here they are.  Mostly Marrakech, a bit of Tangier.

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Spain for the Short of Attention Span – Part 7 – Granada

Granada is very photogenic, as evidenced by the fact that I took about six bazillion photos there.  (You are getting a brutally edited version, partly because I don’t want to bore you with all my holiday snaps and partly because I do not have the patience to wait for them all to upload.)

Spain for the Short of Attention Span – Part 2 – Cordoba

(You can read Part 1 here.)

If you enter Cordoba by train, do not let the walk into town fool you. We did this. We left the train station and headed in the direction that the information people said was centre. There is a very nice park that you follow to get there, but otherwise, the city — while pretty — is not the most inspiring thing you will hope to see in Spain. And after coming from Toledo, we were a little let down.  But folks, stick with Cordoba, because in the middle of this city is the old city and the old city is gorgeous!  (I’m sure there is an excellent moral here about first impressions, but I don’t think I’ll pursue it.)

So Close I Can Taste It.

Oh, I’m excited!

One week.  In one week, I will be in Spain.  I love Spain.  I went when I was twenty-one and again when I was twenty-two.  My memories of this country are all in glowing sepia.  I love the people, I love the language, I love the architecture, I love the food and the warm weather.  I love the smaller towns, with their winding streets and their unending charm.  I love that this time, I will understand what people are saying to me.