July 17, 2007

• Med Student of La Mancha

  After departing Toledo, we returned to madrid and ate dinner. Very exciting, I know, but that is because madrid was still closed for business. The next day, I took the family on a little detour to the town of Consuegra, in the heart of La Mancha spain.

  For all you illiterate heathens out there, La Mancha is the region Cervantes made famous with his tales of a demented old man by the name of Don Quixote. And Consuegra is the real town that one of my favorite Don Quixote Adventures is based on-tilting with the giants. So lets open a door into our imaginations…

  
  The town square of another thriving metropolis in spain…
  
  Ah yes, the famous windmills of consuegra, often confused for giants by demented elderly people. Quite a host was arrayed against me that day

  
  Yes, but I was determined to succeed where Don Quixote had failed

  
  This is a random castle that has nothing to do with this post, but i forgot to put it in the toledo pictures

  
  This is the inside of a windmill

  
  And this is the inside of a windmill that I have conquered. Take THAT great literature.
  Oh yeah and did i mention that there was an actual castle near the windmills?

  
  With real authentic construction equipment from the medievalteenth century!
  
  The plains of spain were not getting any rain

  
  The castle chapel
  
  Dark Priest brian hidden in a back room
  
  What to do with a dark priest in my castle?
  
  I wont stand for it, even if he IS my brother…throw him in the dungeon!
   
  better luck next time, villain.
   
  And thus we returned from consuegra and storybook land to continue onto the south of spain

  -J

  P.S. a pirate comic
  

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