Cordoba is lovely, but the Internet service is not. We are going to have to wait on pictures, or even long entries, until we hit Granada (tomorrow!)

It is very hot here, of course, but much less humid. It is being baked, rather than being steamed. Hester has developed an unfortunate obsession with translating centigrade to Fahrenheit. One imagines this is very annoying, but Honora isn’t letting on.

Today, we saw the Alcazar de los Reyes Christianos. It served as a prison until the 1950s, but now is a lovely fortress surrounded by beautifully planned gardens. Although it was the center of the Inquisition, there is practically no information about that 300 year period. The center of the Inquisition now holds Roman mosaics, and mentions that it used to hold “important documents.” The Spanish will tell you a lot about Columbus and Saints, but very little about Franco or the Inquisition. This sort of institutional amnesia is incredibly frustrating, but makes us think about the things we do not talk about in the United States—slavery and the genocide of Native Americans being a few highlights.