Off the Road
“My solitary days of amiable walks in the countryside, chatting and lunching with locals and winning praise from farmers and shepherds for my effort, comes to a crashing end. León is my next stop, a city of kings and cathedrals, court intrigue and tradition. The city’s name is a contraction of a powerful Roman army unit, Legio VII Gemina, once stationed here. Spain’s famous medieval knight el Cid was married downtown in the Romanesque church San Isidoro. A notorious Moorish general named Almanzo...r made several punitive raids on León. He was a tenth-century man with a twentieth-century sense of public relations. After each victory, and there were many, Almanzor returned to his tent and brushed the dirt and filth of battle into a box. When he died, his coffin was lined with this exquisite dust, and he was laid in it. Even the Spaniards begrudgingly admire him.
But a pilgrim walking into a city this size does not encounter history. If I were in a car, I could zoom straight to the old center of town.MoreLess
But a pilgrim walking into a city this size does not encounter history. If I were in a car, I could zoom straight to the old center of town.MoreLess
Read book Off the Road for free
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
Write Review:
User Reviews: