This previous week was very busy, but now that the California Legislature has recessed for the year, I'll have more time to post. But until then, here is another travel article from the Atlantic Monthly, by Conor Friedersdorf, about the Andalusia region in southern Spain, in particular Cordoba.
(Random factoid: Cordovan leather originally comes from Cordoba. The hides of horses are used, as opposed to cow hide--specifically, the hide from the horse's ass. The leather is expensive, then, because 1) the quality is good, and 2) you only get two pieces per horse!)
Andalusia has always been one of the top areas in Spain that I've wanted to see (the other being Barcelona, to which I've already paid homage). Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada, Malaga, Cadiz. Permeating the historic auras of these Andalusian cities is the Islamic call to prayer of Moorish Spain intermingled with the Gregorian chants of medieval Christian Spain; the waft of tapas mixed with the spices of Morocco; and the click-clack of the flamenco dancer's heels and the accompanying strums of the Spanish guitar.
One day ... one day.
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