on the road from Madrid to Valladolid

after years working on Alexander Agricola’s childhood in Ghent there is something moving about visiting the region where he spent the last weeks of his life—a raging fever killed him outside the city walls of Valladolid in 1506

the hotel in Valladolid: my laptop could pick up just about the faintest wireless signal from somewhere in the area, at least if I put it right by the open window

delegates come trickling in after the tea break, while Tess Knighton and Carmelo Caballero Fernández-Rufete are getting ready to start the next session

Carmelo Caballero Fernández-Rufete, who hosted the conference with Cecilia Nocilli and Rinaldo Valldeperas

coffee break with Keith Polk and Fabrice Fitch

Keith delivers his paper, chaired by Maria Caraci Vela

Fabrice explains how Agricola's music is like the root structure (or the lack of it) among plant species like the potato

the conference dinner
sitting around the table: Tess Knighton, Keith Polk, Soterraña Aguirre Rincón, Cecilia Nocilli, Maria Caraci Vela, Fabrice Fitch, Rinaldo Valldeperas, Carmelo Caballero Fernández-Rufete, and (in the empty chair) Rob

Rinaldo Valldeperas converses with Fabrice Fitch, while Keith entertains Tess and Soterraña