They don’t really do our coffee in Spain. You seem to have to choose between cafe con leche (nothing like a latte – a bit yuck actually), cappucino (a small cafe con leche with a big dollop of cream) and a cortado (a short black with a small shot of milk) – probably the best choice!
So, in the morning one checks the weather from the balcony:
and heads out for the first cortado of the day:
before heading into one of the local ancient attractions:
One can have too much of Moorish tiles, so after a while one can wander into the gardens, where the fountains bear strange decorations:
All that clearly calls for another cortado – and all that walking and the scent of the orange trees has thrown one off balance (or is the fountain really like that?):
The scent of these oranges is everywhere in the old city – but they are quite inedible, the raw taste being extraordinarily bitter. But they are apparently excellent for use in marmalade.
But back indo0rs – the old hospital for the care of the sick elderly, now houses a great little Velasquez collection, and a marvelously decorated church. We caught it just as the organist was doing some practice for Holy Week:
After which, of course, another cortado:
Evening – so flamenco. Not allowed to photograph during performances, which are often on tiny stages. This is a really small one:
And after the performance – a cortado!
A bit bustly in the evenings! So at last one creeps home through the courtyard gate:
Err.. hmm.. but who can resist a last cortado? Caffeine? Who sleeps here anyway?
Thanks, Mary, Pat and Glennis. We were on a joint Oz-Brit family get together, and my sister and I engaged in a lot of sitting and doodling. These are sketches and not drawings – fast and impressionistic with gaps and clumsinesses, some coloured at the time and some later. I don’t see them developing into either finished drawings or tapestries. I am wary of woven pictures – unless highly stylised or very simple. Apparently simple, that is. Joy Smith’s work is deceptively simple,and I like it a lot, but it’s not going to be my style. I think my weaving will be more geometric and abstract – but who can say how things will develop.
Again, I’m glad you all liked them.
Love the drawings Misha. Iwonder if they will be translated into tapestry.
Great sketches Misha. Enjoy your trip!
Poor you, suffering in Spain! I remember ordering a hot chocolate there and getting a drink that seemed to be clotted cream – definitely a bit yukky. Hope you are having a fabulous time – as it appears that you are.