Cervantes, Don Quixote and Windmills

Cervantes was writing around about the same time as Shakespeare, the early 1600's. Throughout Spain Cervantes is remembered in every town, streets and plazas are called after him, and references to his lovable hero Don Quixote abound.

I have got an e-book of Don Quixote as my holiday reading, (see my links in side column) but we have been so busy I have only had chance to read a couple of chapters so far. I think it will probably have to wait till we get home now. After leaving Toledo we drove through La Mancha - where Don Quixote rode up and down the little hills that scatter the province and attacked windmills, thinking they were giants. We stopped at Consuegra as there is a collection of conserved windmills, they weren't turning - they don't need to now. The giant, tall, thin, modern ones do fine work and Spain is now the second largest producer of wind energy in the world.