We´re here, we´re safe and we are having a blast!!! Between geckos in the bidet, some of the best coffee I´ve ever had, and opening my first document at the Archivos General de Indias, I´m pretty darn happy. We have taken only a day off to play tourist, but it was a good one. We visited the Alcázar, a large 12th century fortress in the center of town.
Most of the design is in the muejadar style and I LOVE it. But it continues to this day as a royal residence whenever they are in Sevilla, thus it has endured building campaigns from the 12th century to the 19th, with some incredible garden work in the 18th century....
I took 285 photos on Wednesday, but I´m only uploading a few, given my (expensive) time at the internet cafe. Other than touristy things, I´ve started work at the AGI and am looking forward to every single moment I can spend there soaking up relevant material. The 2 weeks I have left seem so very very short...I hate that I can´t work there for more than 6 hours (they chased me out...literally...at 2.30 today) but at least I got in. It wasn´t easy. Ok, gotta run and get some dinner at a local tapas place. Enjoy and look for photos of the gecko, our apt. courtyard, the dancing horses of Jerez and the Alhambra sometime next week.
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