Toledo, Cordoba, Sevilla
I have to rush this post because we´ve been driving around all day and are starving and irritable:
Toledo is one of the most beautiful cities I´ve ever seen, and probably the cleanest. A medieval walled city on a hill overlooking rugged plains, and, inside the walls, narrow, twisting, hilly, cobbled streets. We walked in there for miles and miles, seeing a huge ugly Gothic church, a couple of medieval synagogues turned museums, a mosque turned church, the El Greco museum, and more. A lovely, lovely place.
That was yesterday. Today we drove south to Cordoba, drove through that confusing city and decided not to stay. Now we´re in Sevilla, bigger and supposedly the gem of tourist Spain. So far I´ve seen a lot of construction sites and we´ve been preoccupied finding a hotel and parking. I hope tonight and tomorrow give me a better impression of Sevilla, and I´m betting they will.
The guy at the computer next to me, in this internet store, was writing an email about how this country is getting to him -- temperatures 40 degrees C., a hot wind. And now he´s ended his email and is exploring the website of Harvard Law School.
We´re concerned abuot what little we´ve heard about the oncoming hurricane. Wishing good luck and health and safety to all, especially to our blogfriends around the Gulf Coast and Houston. God help and bless our country.
Toledo is one of the most beautiful cities I´ve ever seen, and probably the cleanest. A medieval walled city on a hill overlooking rugged plains, and, inside the walls, narrow, twisting, hilly, cobbled streets. We walked in there for miles and miles, seeing a huge ugly Gothic church, a couple of medieval synagogues turned museums, a mosque turned church, the El Greco museum, and more. A lovely, lovely place.
That was yesterday. Today we drove south to Cordoba, drove through that confusing city and decided not to stay. Now we´re in Sevilla, bigger and supposedly the gem of tourist Spain. So far I´ve seen a lot of construction sites and we´ve been preoccupied finding a hotel and parking. I hope tonight and tomorrow give me a better impression of Sevilla, and I´m betting they will.
The guy at the computer next to me, in this internet store, was writing an email about how this country is getting to him -- temperatures 40 degrees C., a hot wind. And now he´s ended his email and is exploring the website of Harvard Law School.
We´re concerned abuot what little we´ve heard about the oncoming hurricane. Wishing good luck and health and safety to all, especially to our blogfriends around the Gulf Coast and Houston. God help and bless our country.
posted by Richard Lawrence Cohen at 11:52 AM
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