I think I would enjoy the siesta and up late lifestyle, but it's just getting too hot. My body refuses to function at temperatures above 30°C.
Love your description of what you saw. I can just picture people hopping (okay maybe not hopping) from one small area in the shade to the next. I'd definitely do the same.
I also love the technique you used on that photo. Very creative. Thank you for sharing. And stay in the shade!
No need! The world does not revolve around those of us who, for whatever stupid reason, insist in remaining in the past! We should advance! Thanks, however, for your kind thought.
In Spain most businesses and stores close between 2 and 4 p.m. so employees can go home, eat, and take a break from working during the hottest part of the day. I believe that stores stay open late in the evenings. and open early. Midnight is party time . . .
Sometimes I did in the past six weeks, if I had started walking early enough to have a bed before it got too hot. But often there was no time for a siesta
I love your writing, Alex. So descriptive and your use of exquisite adjectives and language (s).
I ❤️ the phrasing here 'The Anthropocenic afternoons have increasingly become too hot to comfortably walk the streets of Spain’s capital. Soft lies have led to a desperate world.' That sold me (Again)
I resubscribed. Looking forward to reading more sensational works. Thanks for sharing your gift.
Thank you Kathleen, I am so happy to hear that. For Doors fans: there is a bit of Jim Morrison in that quote, but rather out of context. Thank you for resubscribing!!! :-)
Commenting a year later, 06/27/2023, the lifestyle adapted to the heat with afternoon siestas sounds restful; the remaining up late is my preference as well. I’m sure residents might prefer a cooler summer but we adapt to what is available, simply what is now.
You’re the first to make a connection to a song. Bravo. There are several in there. Listening to music shaped my English, it’s still an influence. These few lines are full of examples.
BTW. Madrid 40.4168° N, New York 40.7128° N and Boulder 40.0150° N (Denver very close) are on the same Latitude . . . 'hot dog' how about that (-:
That's one of my favorite world geography facts. I usually went with Rome instead of Madrid.
People who don't know never get it.
Fascinating!
I think I would enjoy the siesta and up late lifestyle, but it's just getting too hot. My body refuses to function at temperatures above 30°C.
Love your description of what you saw. I can just picture people hopping (okay maybe not hopping) from one small area in the shade to the next. I'd definitely do the same.
I also love the technique you used on that photo. Very creative. Thank you for sharing. And stay in the shade!
Nice to hear you liked it. The image is the result of combining many techniques
A new type of AlexNote?
That’s 86°F to an old Luddite American!
Yes, sorry - I should have said.
No need! The world does not revolve around those of us who, for whatever stupid reason, insist in remaining in the past! We should advance! Thanks, however, for your kind thought.
Have you been taking the afternoon nap?
In Spain most businesses and stores close between 2 and 4 p.m. so employees can go home, eat, and take a break from working during the hottest part of the day. I believe that stores stay open late in the evenings. and open early. Midnight is party time . . .
Sometimes I did in the past six weeks, if I had started walking early enough to have a bed before it got too hot. But often there was no time for a siesta
I love your writing, Alex. So descriptive and your use of exquisite adjectives and language (s).
I ❤️ the phrasing here 'The Anthropocenic afternoons have increasingly become too hot to comfortably walk the streets of Spain’s capital. Soft lies have led to a desperate world.' That sold me (Again)
I resubscribed. Looking forward to reading more sensational works. Thanks for sharing your gift.
Thank you Kathleen, I am so happy to hear that. For Doors fans: there is a bit of Jim Morrison in that quote, but rather out of context. Thank you for resubscribing!!! :-)
Commenting a year later, 06/27/2023, the lifestyle adapted to the heat with afternoon siestas sounds restful; the remaining up late is my preference as well. I’m sure residents might prefer a cooler summer but we adapt to what is available, simply what is now.
You’re the first to make a connection to a song. Bravo. There are several in there. Listening to music shaped my English, it’s still an influence. These few lines are full of examples.