Alhambra II

In the Washington Irving suite of rooms; Irving's Tales of

the Alhambra renewed interest in the place; he was later

US ambassdor to Spain; born of a very wealthy NY family,

a genuine Romantic and Grand Tourist; there is a huge

exhibition about him going on here; as we saw in Ecija,

the Ruta Washington Irving is a major Spanish trek

View from Irving's rooms

View out his other window

In the orange garden

Another water feature

And another; water has a special place in Islamic notions of

heaven, I understand; nothing anthropomorphic going on there,

I suppose