Thursday, January 21, 2010

Ecija

Heading back west and south from Cordoba, we stopped at Ecija, "the frying pan of Spain," (it's hot in the summer) in the rolling sandy high hills, an old city of honey-combed alleys and a dozen old towers, on churches, palaces, residences, and so on. I wandered for a couple hours in the old city. [Major backing-up exercise, with crowd assistance, as we foolishly tried to drive into the old town...].
Look, kids, another bull!








Beautiful sunset a few miles east of Ecija, at an area de
servicios where we camped










Ecijo has a dozen or more towers, most
which are in a poor state, but still
enchanting













Of course, the birds are all over them











A particularly intricate one, not sans birds











Wandering aimlessly, I came across this
beautiful old building












Another tower, this one with birds' nest and
cacti growing out the top












They're starting to renovate some of the
towers












Map of the honey-comb







A fascinating round-about sculpture in modern Ecija; on
the Ruta Washington Irving, who traveled and wrote
about Andalucia in 1829 (it's now a heritage trail,
recognized by the Council of Europe)













But my top find in Ecija, at a wine store with
barrels, etc., was this plastic-bottled 2 liter/2
euro wonder from Extremadura, hints of port.
..not bad....

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