Camino real- magical name. There's a expressionist play by Tenessee Williams I rather like which has various mythical and literary characters- including Don Quixote and Don Juan- preparing to set off across the the desert on the "camino real". Williams gets a lot of mileage out of the bilingual pun implicit in the word "real".
Oh, I have to read it! And yes, I was thinking about how interesting that was while trying to translate it for a friend the other day. It's great to live on the avenue. What's even weirder is that the apartment was procured for me and I didn't know this for a few months after my arrival, but the fountain across from it is actually a monument to my great uncle. No one knew about it. I found out from my grandfather when he visited. I have been meaning to write an entry about it but I am waiting to get my digital camera so I can snap a few pictures, too.
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Date: 2006-02-09 02:05 am (UTC)Camino real- magical name. There's a expressionist play by Tenessee Williams I rather like which has various mythical and literary characters- including Don Quixote and Don Juan- preparing to set off across the the desert on the "camino real". Williams gets a lot of mileage out of the bilingual pun implicit in the word "real".
That story about the beach is horrible.
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Date: 2006-02-09 01:05 pm (UTC)Of ALL Lima, seriously, what are the ODDS?!
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Date: 2006-02-10 01:32 am (UTC)Or maybe, at some level we don't have access to, it was "intended".
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Date: 2006-02-10 02:55 pm (UTC)