Medieval Interludes

At left we see Pica standing in the battlements on top of the old wall at vila. Spain is of course a good place for seeing medieval things. Given that I live in a town where old means dating back to the 1920s, this was an enjoyable thing. Of the places we visited, both vila and Toledo were replete with medieval stuff, but there was also the occasional castle seen from train or road.

And there were lots of advertisements for a certain movie entitled El Seor de los Anillos: El Retorno del Rey, the English-language version of which we just saw yesterday. We also noted that Lgolas the elf seems to be as popular in Spain as he is here. And in lieu of an elven-blade, Toledo steel would be just the thing to defend against a marauding orc or two, or so the tourist shops suggested.

We have created a gallery of photos from our trip to Spain, which may be seen here.