Sunlight streaming through stained glass at Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia temple in Barcelona
Earlier this spring, I participated in a writing workshop/adventure in Spain, hosted by Wanderland Writers. In Barcelona, I fell under the spell of Antoni Gaudi’s hallucinogenic architecture. In Seville, I accidentally became part of a religious procession where drumbeats, incantations, and incense punctured the night sky. I surrendered to the ministrations of an expert masseuse in a hammam, a centuries-old Arab bath house. I became lost on narrow cobblestone streets and followed my nose to blossom-scented plazas where the sacred and the secular danced together. By the end of my trip, I was brimming with essay ideas. I hope to share my tales with you in Wanderland Writers’ next anthology, Wandering in Andalusia, but in the meantime, here a few images from the journey.
Moorish design at Alhambra
Abstract sculpture of flamenco dancer at Seville’s Flamenco Museum
Fountain at the Alhambra in Granada
Barcelona: Peculiar chimney on rooftop of Gaudi’s Casa Mila, known as “La Pedrera” – reminds me of a Star Wars storm trooper.
Spain’s ubiquitous jambon (ham) hanging in a bar in Seville
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