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 were able to tour it this afternoon.
Guadí was still young when he created this estate. It’s whimsical but not nearly as much as his cathedral in Barcelona that he did when he was older.
Here are some photos.
A couple more stories about our visit:
Admission was €10. However, they said if we were over 65 years old it was €5. We were a little disappointed they didn’t ask for our IDs when they charged us €5.
The stairs to go between floors were tiny spiral staircases with thin wedge steps. It had been raining and the bottom of our shoes were still slightly wet. As we were going down one of them I slipped and slid down a few steps. Yikes. It was scary. Luckily I caught myself. Nothing broken except my pride. A little sore in the knee and little finger. I’m pretty sure nothing serious. It did take me a while to recover from the shock of it.
I hate spiral staircases with thin wedge steps! Given my arthritic hip, they take me forever to descend. Every time I go down I practically break out in a cold sweat from fear of taking a tumble.
When I was younger I was caught up in the romance of spiral staircases because of their association with castles and towers and such, and they seemed so space efficient. But now I don’t like them, too dangerous.
I hope there are no lingering effects from the spiral slide!
Moira and I loved the house. Little touches, like the capitals on the pillars of the entryway, were charming.
Sorry about your slip and fall.
Thanks, all. I did a “knee update” in post today. Grubb, I wouldn’t advise ever doing this with a bad hip!