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Toledo, Spain.
Morgan and Martin walked through the narrow streets of the old city, emerging behind the El Greco Museum. Tiles on the ground cemented between stones, fixed to walls, or hidden in corners marked the edges of the Jewish Quarter. Tiny menorahs on blue porcelain, and chai, the Hebrew word for life, inscribed on smooth white tiles that stood out against the cobbles of the old streets. Tourists walked by, looking in the shop windows at mezuzahs and Star of David pendants, but those who knew the history of the area looked down at the ground searching for the tiles as a reminder of the vibrant community who once lived here.
They passed down an alleyway with walls made from fragments of Roman bricks built into new foundations, eventually arriving at the Sinagoga del Tránsito. M
