Water and Horses
We woke up with no alarm for the first day in months. We have quickly fallen into Spain schedule. Chiyo pointed out that I did not mention La Mezquita in yesterday's email, only posted on Facebook. So here is that: La Mezquita is the great mosque of Córdoba. Originally a place of worship shared by Muslims and Christians, the Muslim ruler of Spain bought the Christian half in the 8th century and built a mosque, the second largest in the world at the time. When Christian kings regained control, they converted it to a cathedral. It's a real hodgepodge of architectural styles, including columns from Roman times. Hundreds of columns…
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