 |
| The street. |
 |
| Pomegranate Blossom |
 |
| Pomegranate Road Block |
In Spain they don’t like things far away. They stand close to you when they talk, closer than we Americans are accustomed to, and their streets barely fit the car. And there are no sidewalks. They have a “walking zone” or you could call it a sidewalk although it is not the conventional sidewalk that you would think of. It’s more like an extension of the street, like the shoulder, rather than some grass and then concrete slabs to indicate a walking path. To indicate this area on most of the streets are metal barriers in the shape of pomegranates that would hopefully stop the car before hitting you if they were to ever get out of control. (These Spaniards have some skill at driving these narrow streets quite fast.) Why are they in the shape of a pomegranate you ask? Because Granada has lots of pomegranate trees.
The real (more interesting) reason: Granada translates to Pomegranate in English.
Very interesting!
ReplyDelete