This is Europe in southern Spain, I would also like to. Madrid south, Castilla-La Mancha by large area, can see the Mediterranean side of Andalusia. A road southbound, drove the rented car, but Spain that go entangled with the Catholic and Arab blood story, with Don JiZuoDe and Kolumb adventure legend history road.
Overlooking the city on the slopes of the windmill, as if each has a legendary history story hiddenThe knight and windmill Knight andHis Windmill
Kong Su concuegra located in Castilla-La Mancha plain in central, for tours, Mancha seems to be Spain's not favored areas, only their own car hanging around here for half a day, can feel the charm of this piece of land.
La Mancha is Cervantes love the hometown, is the ideal Ranger Quixote home. The knight to the windmill scene, only in the hole Su concuegra called "windmill town" (Consuegra) can really feel. To read this text: a gust of wind blew, rotating windmill those huge wings. Quixote saw said: "even if you brandish arm than the giant Buliyaruiou also many, I want and you see a race!"
Sunday morning, only a few thousand people in town eerily silent, I wear and the city, the embodiment of the modern Quixote, riding in a wagon gallop on the road, into that "the giants into windmills". Not far away from the ridge, 12 huge white windmill lined up, how does Cervantes describe them? - "giant arm nearly two kilometers long".
Along the road, into the "arm", stopped at the windmill before we meet is a without rebuilt old dilapidated castle. This was built in thirteenth Century, belongs to the Knights of Malta castle, in the ridge road to watch the windmill.
Approached the windmill, look at these stocky stout guy, in the strong sun of the plateau dazzling white. Although they have for many years not turned around, but those who never change scenery still bring people to the windmill active years. 400 years ago Cervantes, the saw on the top of the hill is the red earth of vineyards, pack out this same Manchego cheese flavor, while the mind too are filled with the image of Quixote. A gust of wind blowing, leaves are chain windmill held still creaking, still waiting for free to do its duty - driven disc to rotate.
In the first windmill, the elderly nowadays, sit, is blunt to laugh. Not to sell souvenirs, although it seems to be his work; don't rush to explain windmill history, although there are signs that here is the tourist information office. For his part, can someone to talk with him for a while is the best reward. Invite you aboard the windmill internal watch, only to pat your shoulder is called a "Amigo (Spanish: friend)"; to give you a chair and sat down to rest, only to be able to use his only English vocabulary and you talk a few words; tell you each windmill name, only in order to lure you stay a little longer at times, each windmill.
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