Endless
souvenir shops, outdoor cafes and warmly inviting streets
provided displacement activities that carried me to that time of
day when its too early to go home, but its too late to start
much new. My ramblings had taken me to the banks of the
Guadalquivir river, which provides a beautiful breathing space
from north to south through an otherwise hectic city. At the end
of a long paved promenade stood an impressive single round
tower, set about with palm trees. I recognised it from lots of
travel brochures, so guessed it must be important.
The Torre del Oro or 'Golden
tower' was a thirteenth century Almohad fortification, so called
because it was once covered in gilded azulejos (whatever they
are - they're not in my phrasebook).
The early evening light provided perfect shadows in all the right places, so out came the sketchbook, and a happy relaxed hour passed, with happy relaxed people wandering around in the warm sunshine, nobody in a hurry to go anywhere.
The early evening light provided perfect shadows in all the right places, so out came the sketchbook, and a happy relaxed hour passed, with happy relaxed people wandering around in the warm sunshine, nobody in a hurry to go anywhere.