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Cuenca; sketchbook of a Spanish hill town
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“Page 11
Racially they are castellaños (people living in Cuenca) - Castilians-which in turn means that their bloodstreams carry an intriguing mixture of Celtic, Iberian, Roman, German, and Moorish characteristics with a sprinkling of Jewish and Gypsy to round matters out. In Fact, Conquenses have a tendency to long straight noses and rather elongated faces, and as children they tend to be blondish, though like so many Spaniards, their hair darkens as they grow older. .....They tend to be poor, generous, polite and very jolly, and they have a very high opinion of themselves, which I must confess I share.”
― Cuenca; sketchbook of a Spanish hill town
Racially they are castellaños (people living in Cuenca) - Castilians-which in turn means that their bloodstreams carry an intriguing mixture of Celtic, Iberian, Roman, German, and Moorish characteristics with a sprinkling of Jewish and Gypsy to round matters out. In Fact, Conquenses have a tendency to long straight noses and rather elongated faces, and as children they tend to be blondish, though like so many Spaniards, their hair darkens as they grow older. .....They tend to be poor, generous, polite and very jolly, and they have a very high opinion of themselves, which I must confess I share.”
― Cuenca; sketchbook of a Spanish hill town
“Page8 / FOREWORD by Philip Hofer:
"His problem is space, not inspiration; time, not initiative.”
― Cuenca; sketchbook of a Spanish hill town
"His problem is space, not inspiration; time, not initiative.”
― Cuenca; sketchbook of a Spanish hill town
