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Chasing Dragons, I Mean, Windmills
On our way to Toledo, we decided to stop and briefly chase the trail of the literary legend Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza ( read here for more information http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quix ote). This book is extremely important and often featured because it formed and solidified the modern Spanish language much like Shakespeare and his works did for the ...
Cordoba and Mercanto Medieval
... apartments. It looked like it could have been renaissance era, but was significantly renovated in modern times.
The squares were set up with row upon row of market booths under tents and canopies. The whole thing seemed to be firmly held to the medieval theme, and all goods, be they hard goods, crafts, metalworks, carvings, or the mouthwatering food booths were handmade and rustic. The sellers were all dressed in medieval costume, as were some of the crowd. ...
Tilting at Consuegra
... the part.
So I have ordered one from my brother Bob, who is parts manager at Surrey VW. Parts for these old VWs are ironically much easier to get in North America, because they are quite rare here due to more stringent safety inspections which end up junking a lot of old ones. He will mail it to Camping Osuna in Madrid because we plan to return there Feb 26.
Meanwhile, I had to get something to make it work here, ...
Windmills
... large. And we visited with the company that is the 5th largest power producer in the world -- Iberdrola! The large wind turbines are impressive. Those that we saw are about 55 m in diameter; some of the larger are more than 120 m in diameter! That’s bigger than a football field!
Then in the afternoon we saw windmills Don Quixote style. In the little town ...
Friday - Around town this week
... store. No purchases, yet!
Thursday - The kids and Mom had a big trek around town today to the library and park. We brought our lunch for a picnic, and then stopped for the requisite ice cream later on the way home. Graham really wanted the double cone, so he and Mom shared! At 5pm Mom enjoyed her birthday present one week late -- a pedicure. Quite different than what you´d get in the US, but needed ...
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