Thu 12.May.2011
Huelva, Spain
Huelva
The comfortable, boring county seat of an allegedly interesting county.
An hour by bus from Portugal to the west or Sevilla to the east, across
rolling agricultural plain. Among the crops visible from the highway are
groves of olive trees, marching in rank and file across the hills.
Many buildings are in various states of crumbling. I've seen several
exposed walls painted this vivid orange-yellow color.
I haven't seen any part of town that looks pre-ninteenth century, let alone
Moorish or Roman. But there is a pedestrianized commercial heart of the
place, where people come to shop, eat, hang out. The Plaza de Monjas
most resembles a classical central square, with its trees, benches, fountain,
and statue of Columbus, of which more in the next post.
Hmm... Do you s'pose somebody in Huelva has a Pointy Haired Boss?
How did I end up here?
Originally, Huelva was to be a one-night stepping stone, to avoid arriving
late afternoon in Sevilla without a clue what to do or where to stay.
That evening, I discovered that prices for lodging in Sevilla were sky high
through the weekend, because of the Feria. By the time the weekend was done,
I was getting the hang of Huelva, and didn't want to pack up and move to some
strange place and search for lodging again.
So here I am, going into a second week in Dullsdorf. I plan on a couple
more day trips into Sevilla, if only to get The Economist, which I haven't yet
found in Huelva, and because there really is more there to see and do.
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