We’re back once more in the town of Alcalá de Henares, where Cervantes was born, and where our two compañeros DonQ and SanchoP not only lay claim to their own bench for resting their weary bones, but they’ve also taken possession of an entire wall!
And here is the bottom part, which was half-obscured by the inopportune passing of that pesky green car:
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I love this!
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You could have one on your back wall 🙂
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That’s actually really cool!
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Wow, that is incredibly impressive…and interestingly rendered!
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I love the design, but I think I’d have chosen a different background colour. The yellow is very… overpowering.
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Can I mark this book as read now? And damn the green car!
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I do have several more installments…. 😉
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Then can I mark it off my list. You know who really loved Don Quixote: John Adams, Yep, America’s second and one of the most crankiest presidents.
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Ooooh, I love a good factoid, me 🙂
Crankiness I get. Another privilege of old age. And I’m so there, 100%, got the badge and everything.
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Are you also really arrogant? Then you might be related to the man!
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LOL, I try my best not to be 😉 It’s tempting, though, at times…
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There are a lot of idiots out there. Just ask Adams: Jefferson, Washington, Ben Franklin–they clearly didn’t know what they were doing.
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Yeah, and that Mandela…!
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LOL, you got me. I’m speechless.
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Aw… it’s hard not to think of him these days 😦 His biography is on my list.
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I remember standing in Cape Town staring at Robben Island, where he was in prison. We didn’t have time to visit, but just seeing it was powerful.
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That’s something I just can’t imagine…. 27 years in prison… and not go crazy.
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That wall is amazing…I’m sure that if I walked passed it, it would send me crossed eyed! In a good way, of course 😉 x
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It did leave me temporarily dazed 😉
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It’s a great mural!!! I so want one of those!! I wonder how many more Don Quijotes u can find! There seem to be thousands of them!
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I’ve still got a few stashed away… and somebody’s just sent me one 🙂
BTW, if you happen to see any frolicking about, please take a pic for me!
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Brilliant! So talented 🙂
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Just found this post! Lovely pics, a different side to the Alcala de Henares I see at work. I used to work in a manufacturer and all I knew about Alcala de Henares was a massive Toys R Us warehouse 🙂
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I didn’t know there was one 😉
I think I’ve got three or four posts on AdH… hope to go there again some day.
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