Our apartment feels like a home with a point-of-view…a place with connections tied to family history.
The apartment is right across the street from the Basilica Santa Maria. We’re on the third floor so the living room windows look out to the church. Tolling bells can be heard throughout the day as bodies ebb and flow through the plaza. The Museum of Contemporary Art and the Esplanada are short walks away.
Alvaro and Maria are our hosts. They are young and I imagine this apartment as being left to them by their grandparents. We feel right at home.
Noticing the details over the two months we’re living here seasons the trip; the workmanship in a heavy oak door hinge, a toaster the size of an anchor, hand-painted espresso cups, 19th century armoires, all center us in this place, in this trip.
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