Alcalá

Two weeks ago, I went to Alcalá with Brittany.

This small town, located only 30 minutes from Madrid, is the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes and the deathplace of San Diego. We took the Cercanías train, which is covered by my B3 abono, so I didn't have to pay. 

We had a lot of fun hanging out, checking out a few histori

cal sites, and generally soaking in the atmosphere.

Here are a few pictures of our day...

This is an old arabic-style building we passed on the way through the city. I don't remember what it is now, but it's absolutely gorgeous!

This is some museum that was closed when we got to Alcalá and which we were having too much fun to go back to see. But it's beautiful from the outside, no?

There was some sort of Cervantes festival going on. It seems it was a few weeks long. Not sure of all the particulars, but there was a huge rennaicance fair-type event spanning the whole historical area. This is the crêpe I got - chocolate y almendras! It was as delicious as it looks all over my face.

Have you met Brittany? Cervantes is pretty much her heroe because she loves novels so much. Here she is (leaning against the hand of) Don Quijote.

And I got a photo op with Sancho Panza!

As per norm, photos were not allowed inside the tourist sites, etc. But we visited the Casa Natal de Cervantes, the archeological museum, and the Corral de Comedias (an historical theater).

A grand time was had by all, though I'll never wear those boots on an excursion again!