LatestLatest ·Post28 Aug 1615
Sancho's proverbs, ranked
My squire speaks in proverbs the way a fountain speaks in water. I have ranked a few, with my verdicts.
Everyday life1 min read
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- Post25 Aug 1615
Books of chivalry, reviewed
My honest ranking of the books of chivalry, with stars, and the sad tale of how half my library went into the yard.
Review3 min read
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SpainMay 1615The road home
Disarmed for a year, trampled by pigs, and planning a shepherd's life, I rode back towards La Mancha until I saw my village.
Nature5 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The Knight of the White Moon
A gentleman bandit, my first sight of the sea, a great city, and on its beach the hardest morning of my life.
City7 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
Sancho Panza's account: ten days a governor
My squire governed an island, judged like Solomon, starved like a hermit, and resigned like a gentleman. In his own words.
Culture & history7 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The Duke and the Duchess
A great Duke and Duchess received me as a true knight errant. A wooden horse, a scolding chaplain and much laughter followed.
Culture & history6 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The enchanted boat
An empty boat on the Ebro, plainly sent by an enchanter. The millers, the river and Sancho saw it otherwise.
Nature3 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
Master Pedro's puppets
A puppet show, an ape that reads the past, and a rescue I would make again, though it cost forty reales.
Culture & history5 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
What I saw in the Cave of Montesinos
I went down a hundred fathoms of rope and spent three days among enchanted knights. My companions say it was half an hour.
Nature7 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
Camacho's wedding
The richest wedding feast in La Mancha, a bridegroom with a sword in his chest, and Sancho's inventory of the pots.
Food & drink3 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
Four days with the Knight of the Green Coat
Four quiet days in the house of a good man, with a poet for a son and a cook who understood Sancho perfectly.
Food & drink3 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The lions
The king's lions were on the road. I asked to have the cage opened. What followed earned me a new name.
Nature4 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The Knight of the Mirrors
A stranger in a wood boasted that he had beaten me. At dawn I gave him the chance to prove it, and the enchanters gave him a face.
Culture & history5 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
A palace in El Toboso
I rode to El Toboso to kiss my lady's hands. I found a church, three donkeys, and the cruellest enchantment of my career.
Culture & history7 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
Why I rode out a third time
A bachelor from Salamanca brings news: my history has been printed. My niece objects. Sancho asks for wages.
Culture & history6 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
Home in a cage
Phantoms seized me in my sleep and set me in a cage on an ox-cart. Sancho thinks the phantoms were from our village.
Road trip5 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The battle of the wineskins
In the dead of night I fought the giant Pandafilando and took his head. The innkeeper has a different account, and a bill.
Food & drink6 min read