Today was very cold and blustery. I thought it would be a good day to check out the huge department store up the Main Street. It is Corte Ingles and is as big as a mall inside. The store is 5 stories and includes a cafeteria, a hairdresser's, a travel agency, a pilates studio, a podiatrist, an optometrist and a dentist. I wandered about for a few hours, then braved the outdoors again. It had warmed up a bit, so I sat on a bench in the old town and looked at fashion. You can usually tell the residents from the visitors, especially with the women. I am guilty, also, of wearing sneakers and a crappy raincoat that no Spanish woman would be caught dead in.
I went on a search for the Antigua Biblioteca de Mujeres, a ceramic bench and sculpture in the park. It is said that books would be placed on a bench for the mothers to read and borrow while their children played in the park and became a way for uneducated women to learn. The original bench wore out and a sculpture artist created this monument. The sculptures on either side of the bench look like bookshelves full of books by famous Spanish writers. I liked it.
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