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Yesterday was a better day. Today’s been pretty good. I worked out and stretched yesterday, my mood was better than decent, and I went for a walk. I thought it might possibly have something to do with the reduced dosage of my meds. However, this morning I noticed that I had only taken 2mg instead of 4mg yesterday morning. (That dropped last week from 5 mg.) So, now I don’t know if it was the accidental largely reduced dosage or it’s even related.
I was so looking forward to my walk yesterday. I didn’t plan a huge one but I thought being out and about for 45 minutes would be fun. The weather was glorious, if a bit warm. I decided to take a walk to Plaza de las Tendillas because there are fewer people in town braving the heat so I thought I could get good pictures of the fountains and flowers. I had forgotten about the walk-thru (interactive/play) fountains on the plaza. I’ll dress for that one of these blistering days.
When I started to take pictures, I noticed a man standing directly behind me (inches away). There was no one anywhere around, but I didn’t know if I had somehow not seen him and stopped right in front of him. I apologized. He said it was no problem because this is a tourist-friendly city. I told him I wasn’t a tourist and that opened the gates for a chat and history and architecture lessons about Córdoba. He was clearly well educated but his accent was local, which made it hard at times to follow him. He didn’t seem to care. After more than 25 minutes, I finally apologized that I had to leave for lunch. He was a nice guy and perhaps lonely. So, although my walk wasn’t what I had planned, I felt like I made him happy. Now I need to research some of the designs and people he told me about.
But first I have to head up to the roof with the laundry. It’s only currently 36˚C/96.8˚F but it felt much hotter when I was out earlier. The sun is intense.
Ayer fue un día mejor. Hoy ha estado bastante bien. Hice ejercicio y estiré, estaba de muy buen humor y salí a caminar. Pensé que podría tener algo que ver con la dosis reducida de mi medicación. Sin embargo, esta mañana me di cuenta de que solo había tomado 2 mg en lugar de 4 mg ayer por la mañana. (Bajé de 5 mg la semana pasada). Así que ahora no sé si fue la gran reducción accidental de la dosis o si está relacionado.
Tenía muchísimas ganas de dar mi paseo de ayer. No planeé uno muy largo, pero pensé que estar fuera 45 minutos sería divertido. El tiempo era espléndido, aunque un poco caluroso. Decidí dar un paseo hasta la Plaza de las Tendillas porque hay menos gente en el pueblo desafiando el calor, así que pensé que podría sacar buenas fotos de las fuentes y las flores. Me había olvidado de las fuentes interactivas de la plaza. Me vestiré para eso algún día de estos de calor abrasador.
Cuando empecé a hacer fotos, vi a un hombre parado justo detrás de mí (a centímetros). No había nadie por ahí, pero no sabía si por alguna razón no lo había visto y me detuve justo delante. Me disculpé. Me dijo que no había problema porque esta es una ciudad turística. Le dije que no era turista y eso dio pie a una charla y a clases de historia y arquitectura sobre Córdoba. Era evidente que tenía una buena educación, pero su acento era local, lo que a veces dificultaba seguirlo. Parecía no importarle. Después de más de 25 minutos, finalmente me disculpé por tener que irme a comer. Era un buen tipo y quizás solitario. Así que, aunque mi paseo no fue como lo había planeado, sentí que lo había hecho feliz. Ahora necesito investigar algunos de los diseños y la gente de la que me habló.
Pero primero tengo que subir a la azotea con la lavandería. Ahora mismo solo hace 36 °C/96,8 °F, pero sentía mucho más calor cuando salí antes. El sol es intenso.
• Tranquilo porque hacía calor y porque era hora de la siesta.
• Pronto más zonas de la ciudad contarán con toldos de lona.
• El hombre sentado a la izquierda era un personaje local de nuestro antiguo barrio. Creo que tomaba sus medicamentos intermitentemente. Le encantaba usar licra, tops cortos, y malla.
• I spent more than two hours searching for a photo I knew I’d shared in the past of this local color from Fuengirola. I just found him! I said hello the first time we passed in Fuengirola, but he then became a bit inappropriate (wink wink nudge nudge), so I stopped doing that. He appears to be keeping to himself here.
• Pasé más de dos horas buscando una foto que sabía que había compartido antes de este personaje típico de Fuengirola. ¡Lo encontré! Lo saludé la primera vez que nos cruzamos en Fuengirola, pero luego se volvió un poco inapropiado (guiño, guiño, codazo, codazo), así que dejé de hacerlo. Parece que aquí se mantiene reservado.
• Tomás, mi nuevo amigo.
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Chats with random people whilst on a walk…makes the day!
Jssw:
Sometimes, yeah! More often than not.
Hmm…Accidental or not, have let your doctor know the reduced meds made you feel better?
Kirk:
Doctor will be phoning me this week.
All docs is quacks
Urspo:
Sadly, there are a number of them.
Well, for whatever reason I’m glad you’re feeling better. I thought I was about to have to share one of my guaranteed mood enhancers with you!
Kelly:
Do you have drugs?
Sorry, no drugs. Just the ever delightful Goddess Boys. 😉
I love the photos from the plaza.
Did your mummy never tell you not to speak to strangers? 😂 Jx
Jon:
You know, she never did! Honestly, I think New Yorkers talk to everybody.
That’s why I like Manhattan! Boud
How very nice to meet people like that and just have a conversation. Beautiful street scape.
larrymuffin:
He could be a tour guide!
What a magnificent-looking city.
Jim:
It does amaze me.
That kind of meeting and chatting is nice, as long you have the social skills to disengage when you’re ready. I expect he enjoyed it. Boud
Boud:
Yes, the disengagement was important. I was hoping for exercise and standing is not exercise.
Who knows if the mood is related to the med? Well, maybe someone does. Not me.
Jessie and I got pedicures today and the man who did my nails turned out to have many, many theories and explanations for the things going on in the world today. Mostly non-conspiratorial. It was pretty interesting.
You never, ever know who is going to be the one to surprise you with their ideas and even knowledge.
M. Moon
Ms. Moon:
I’m glad the theories were mostly non-conspiratorial. That would have been interesting to hear. Although, if you’re not in the mood, you’re a captive audience. I once had a haircut by someone with ignorant theories on everything and she never stopped talking. I was desperate to get out of that chair. I told her a couple of times that I didn’t agree with her and maybe SHE should talk about something else.
Glad you were able to get up and out and see some of the denizens of the city, however they may act,
Bob:
Seeing the guy from Fuengirola is a surprise. Maybe it’s gotten to expensive for him down there in summer.
I absolutely love the white building with the two spires in the first picture. I have always loved that style of architecture. And yes….after seeing that photo, I would keep an arm length too I think. I miss the huge walk thru fountain at City Hall in Philadelphia. I great place to walk through quick to cool off. In some area at Rehoboth they had sidewalk misters. Might not be much water, that the mist is enough to cool one off. It always feels great.
Mistress Borghese:
That stunning building is from 1928 and was originally the private home of the Colomera family, built for the 3rd Countess of Colomera. It’s now the H10 Hotel Colomera.
You never know who you’ll meet on the sidewalk 😂
Adam
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Adam:
For better or worse!
I’m glad that you ended up having an interesting “visit” with your new friend, Tomás, since it seems like an odd thing for him to be standing right behind you when there was so much open space around you both 🙂
Thanks for sharing these wonderful buildings!
Judy C:
Yes, it was very odd. I think he was looking over my shoulder at the picture I was taking. Still, he was pleasant.
Those canvas awnings over narrow streets are a great idea! Do they rotate automatically throughout the sunniest period? Given the high temps in Cordoba of late, I’m surprised there aren’t people cooling off in that fountain!
Tundra Bunny:
There was one guy cooling off in the fountain when I arrived. But “proper people” wouldn’t do that and there were no kids around. The awnings are fixed in that position the entire summer. I’m surprised the pedestrian streets aren’t completely covered. That was very common in Sevilla by this time of year.
I often talk to strangers, SweetBear does not understand how or why I do that.
David,
I do, too. SG, not so much. It can be interesting and refreshing. (It can also sometimes be a mistake!)
Wait, so you knew Spandex guy from Fuengirola and now he’s shown up in Córdoba? Are you being followed?!
I never love getting into chit-chats with people when I’m out and about. As my mother would say (of herself), “I’m too odd and peculiar for that.”
Steve,
We were stunned to see him here. He was a fixture in Los Boliches. I sometimes love chats with strangers and sometimes hate it. This wasn’t so much a chat as a local history lesson, whether I wanted it or not. Ah well.