El Rocio, South Spain 2023. I arrived in El Rocio one hot and sunny summer afternoon. When I got off the bus, the driver showed me where to go with one finger but there were no streets or sidewalks. There was only sand everywhere. So I dragged my trolley through the sand for almost a mile to the hotel. On my way I met almost no one. There was just so much light and so much heat. I didn't think that in Europe there was a city with sand instead of asphalt. The white houses, the fences to tie the horses, the carriages make this place seem like the wild west.
My amazement was so great that I still seem to have dreamed.
