Uncategorized / April 26, 2024

4/26 WynChar Diary

Miles: 6.1 miles, from 56 to 387 feet, 459 feet up, 696 feet down Gaudi fantasies visited: 1 (separate post)Baby animals: lots: horses, sheep, cows – the calves were yesterday, a nice thing about walking in the springMarkets strolled through: 1

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Uncategorized / April 26, 2024

Gaudí’s Whim

Tonight we are in Comillas. According to the sign at the beginning of town, it is “one of the most beautiful towns in Spain”. We are charmed by it. Antoni Gaudí, of Barcelona cathedral fame, designed a house for a rich lawyer here. It is called El Capricho de Gaudí, which means “Guadí’s Whim.” We

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Uncategorized / April 26, 2024

More churches

The above large beautiful church (iglesia in Spanish) was in the tiny town of La Iglesia. Below we see it after leaving town. In the next tiny town we saw this tiny church: To our surprise, it was open. So, we went inside. It had some beautiful, I think new, stained glass. Joe, you would

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Uncategorized / April 26, 2024

I may have broken the law

Today on the walk we passed this mailbox. The photo hides it but it was mounted on a pole at about the height of a typical US rural mailbox. But note that it was pointed upwards instead of sideways so it caught my attention. And it looked like a typical rural US mailbox. Then I

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