08-May-2022
This is Miguel de Cervantes territory so we are hanging out at the windmills today.
This kind of windmill...
Not this kind..
So everyone in this neighborhood makes money from good old Miguel after he invented the novel with 'Don Quixote'. The windmills are only a couple of hundred years old but the symbolism is still here. Every shop is littered with stuff right out of 'Man from La Mancha' since we are in La Mancha. If Cervantes knew how much money he could make from one novel he probably would have written many more.
It turns out that Cervantes real life was even more amazing than his stories. He lost an arm in the navy, was held captive by Barbary pirates for 5 years and later rejoined the navy. He was a tax collector and government official before writing his best stuff.
It turns out that Cervantes real life was even more amazing than his stories. He lost an arm in the navy, was held captive by Barbary pirates for 5 years and later rejoined the navy. He was a tax collector and government official before writing his best stuff.
After the windmills we stopped for lunch and then visited a small shop that sells saffron. It takes 250,000 crocus flowers to produce 2 lbs of saffron and it is the world's most expensive spice. We bought about $20 worth and the family thanked us with a shot of wine and a cookie.
Here's a million dollars worth of saffron.
After the saffron raid we moved on to Granada which is one of my favorite towns in Spain.
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