On the same day I took all the stork photos, I got a bit snap-happy and captured many of my favourite parts of Alcalá. I did this for several reasons:
1) It was a nice, sunny day (something which sadly hasn't happened since - I got more sun in England when I went back last week than I did in Madrid the two weeks before - something is definitely not right)
2) I hoped that taking pictures of points of architectural interest would dilute the high concentration of stork photos, which in turn would make me look less of a crazy nature fanatic
3) Going home would have created an obligation to do work, something that no Erasmus student should ever have to deal with
4) I've walked through Alcalá so many times but I felt like I hadn't really seen it (apart from Tuesday and Thursday nights when I sometimes see it twice at the same time - or not at all)
So, in my quest to discover Alcalá, where I have been living for the past seven months, I unearthed some of the visual delights the city has to offer (I still maintain that the tradition of giving a place city-status due to its having a cathedral is ridiculous; I'm always more inclined to label Alcalá a hamlet or any other term that emphasises how little there is to do here). Anyway, enjoy!
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| One of my favourite buildings in the city |
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| A section of the cathedral wall |
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| The walls enclosing the Capilla del Oidor and what little else remains of a 16th-century church nearly destroyed in the Spanish civil war outside Colegio de Malaga |
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