Ladies and gents, boys and girls, and everyone else under the sun, welcome to ensorcelling Salobreña, where once upon a time a triad of Moorish princesses were trapped inside a seaside fortress.
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These very princesses happened to be the same veryprincesses of whom the Torres de las infantas is named. You may remember that tower from our Washington Irving inspired walk around the Al Hambra together two weeks back.
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I decided to dig into Washington's tales a bit more over the following two months. Good Old Washington. Hilarious, to be named Washington. Great name: Washington Irving.
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That's half the battle with being a good author, or being a good anything really, is having a great name. Or is it the person who powers the name? I digress.
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Anyway, if you are misfortunate enough to be born with a below average name, you can always have a great nickname. Such as ..... El Hayzari aka Left Handed Mohammed aka Mo the Lefty.
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And El Hayzari, who was a High Nasrid era Moorish Sultan, was nicknamed both for the swing of his mighty scimitar as well as for his somewhat blundering tendency.
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Of course back then the left hand, or sinister hand was known to be a bit unlucky. Well, Mo's luck turned for the worse once his triplets - Zayda, Zorayda and Zorahayda - we're born. It was just after this miracle that his queen, his beloved, converted Christian queen was dead.
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That, back-to-back-successful-birth-two-weeks-later-death sequence, makes El Hayzari's queen kind of like a Moorish era Jane Seymour, Although I'm not sure if any Moorish Sultan worth his salt would have limited himself to merely 6 wives. Then again Henry had a Harem as well. He just hid it a bit better. But barely...
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Well, medieval marriage norms aside, El Hayzari stowed the three Z's in the fortress of Salobreña upon the Costa Tropical because his astrologers told him to and he was a big fan of his astrologers. Astrologer is just a catch all term for a counselor or adviser. Medieval folk had a healthier respect for the stars as dictators of major decisions than we do now. Although judging by various sources I'm not so sure we don't still have that. I mean as recently as Reagan we had a president consulted his astrologer through the proxy of his wife. And who knows what kind of kookiness those Clinton's got up too. Again, I digress. These unbelievable digressions.
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And the whole story, which you will learn about on this walk is a digression from the main event: the amazing, scintillating city of Salobreña. We begin our walk at a rocky, paradisical seclusion down the depths of a villa-lined ravine named Cala el Pargo. Afterwards we'll summit the the fortress peaked white village of Salobreña and finish our marvelous adventure at a restaurant that bumped out 1960's America soulful classics and stuffed us full of langostines and monkfish, all washed down with local sweet red Malaga wine. Fucking phenomenal. Best meal I had in Spain and best view as well. Private at that, for we were the only ones who ventured up to the terrace that night. Great waiters. Lovely Salobreñans. La Botica's the name. And as we walked downstairs Firmino had just put Liverpool into the lead against United, which was being watched by a grumpy united supporter on a barstool eating olives and swilling down a cold cruzcampo.
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What a day it was.
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