Unassuming on the outside. Just your standard red Baedeker from 1959, right?
Free prize inside! One ticket to the Granada Cathedral, possibly still good.
Another souvenir of Granada–sketch of the Alhambra carving, “There is no Conqueror but God.”
Who is this? Is he still in Spain?
It’s always an issue. What’s the $149.60? The exact sort of unexpected expense that Spain could have produced on the second Friday in August, 1961? Doubtful. The amount works out to $1,065.30 in today’s dollars. The cost of the trip so far?
Now here’s a place to check out. Riells del Montseny, nine and a half kilometers into the mountains above Breda. (Not sure about the year-and-a-day timespan noted.)
Breda (not to be confused with Velázquez’s Breda) seems promising. It’s not mentioned in the Baedeker guide (and neither is Riells). To get there, take Autopista 7 northeast from Barcelona (though the parallel Carretera 35 might be more fun). The road travels between the Parque Natural de Montseny and Parque Natural de Montnegre-Corredor. It climbs to the source of the Río Besos, crests near Can Pradell de Baix, then descends along the widening Río Tordera.
Breda is reached by going over the crest and past the Montseny park, then hooking around into its backyard. Riells seen below at marker A.
After the aforementioned 9.5 km climb from Breda to Riells (there must be a trail), you might end up camping in a place like this:
According to the artist, Riells seems to be the sort of town where your top priority is a magnum of cognac.
A used guidebook can give you more ideas than a new guidebook. Not to mention curiosities and scraps, as pictured below:
Metaphorical, mostly: A blank check.
Alhambra photo by a rancid amoeba.
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