Oh the humanity.... and the lions..... but not the chickens

 We are heading towards the blessed land of Velez-Rubio.  It will appear at the end of this day, bathed in the sun of August 2025. We will gaze through the carved way the road is now directed.


Onwards we go. The Rogelio Sanchez poultry farm is marked on our maps.  No one has reviewed it. If any of you fancy it, maybe you could nip down and give it some stars?





We are passing the Antigua casa de Peomes Camineros.  This Road Workers house looks a bit worse for wear.  ArtOasis went there three months ago; gave five stars and said nothing. When you’ve looked at the chickens, maybe you could look in here as well.



Just before we turn into the town we will pass a reviewed cemetery.  Two years ago Carl gave five stars and and wrote in Spanish  ‘Historic cemetery. The views of the area from the top are spectacular!’  Four years ago Demmy was more geographical than mortuary in their views - which were in Russian. ‘Andalusia greets you with beautiful landscapes. Large open spaces, mountains and a minimum of trees allow you to see the enormous scale’



We’ve a bit of time on our hands so let's talk flags.  The current Andalusian flag was adopted in 1918.  The anthem mentions it:


 The white and green flag

Comes back after centuries of war

To sow peace and hope

Under our land's Sun.



The emblem on the flag, of the two mildly confused lions and the slightly concerned chap was designed by Blas  Infante. Apparently it is Heracles taming two lions.




The Almerian flag was adopted in 1997 and is meant to go back to 1489 and the Reconquest. It also has an emblem on it.  I do wonder if, like the Andalucian, it could be flown without the emblem, a sort of workaday and Sunday best.  Certainly makes you look at certain events in Blighty differently if you think it is part of Iberian Regionalistic pride.



Tomorrow, the bright lights and good times of Velez-Rubio.















Tomorrow, the bright lights and good times of Velez-Rubio.


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