There is a class at my school called 'Cervantes and hiw works' for those of you who have never learned anything about Spain, Miguel Cervantes is a very famous writer who wrote "Don Quijote." I live in the town where Cervantes grew up. Anyway, yesterday the class went on a field trip to all the destinations where Don Quijote goes in the book and had to act out the scene at each destination. I decided to go on the field trip, too. Basically the story of Don Quijote is that he is a crazy guy who believes himself to be a knight and goes around fighting trees and windmills and empty armor thinking they are real people or giants. This is the second most read book in the world (only second to The Bible). The skits the class put on were pretty funny. Don Quijote is kind of seen as the hero of Spain...his statues like the one below are EVERYWHERE!!! Literally every town probably you can find something of Don Quijote
Don Quijote at the well he was "knighted" at en La Mancha
A tile depicting him "fighting" a solider (really just his empty armor)
La Mancha
The windmills he fought thinking they were giants
We got to go up inside one of the windmills and were explained how they worked...and Yes Dad it was all done in Spanish
Don Quijote at the well he was "knighted" at en La Mancha
A tile depicting him "fighting" a solider (really just his empty armor)
La Mancha
The windmills he fought thinking they were giants
We got to go up inside one of the windmills and were explained how they worked...and Yes Dad it was all done in Spanish
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