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JANUARY 2013
25
ROAD TRIP
KNIGHT SHIFT
Iwas headed southout of Almagro, en route fromMadrid
to Cádiz, when I passed the first sign reading “Ruta de
Don Quijote.” I had a long journey ahead of me, but this
was a detour I could not resist. A er all, I was cruising
throughCastile–LaMancha, andherewas the
ruta
taken
by the original road-tripper himself, Cervantes’ satirical
knight-errant, Don Quixote.
I pulled over to set a few coordinates. Inside, the
Mini Cooper S convertible looked like the cockpit of
a small aircraft. Embedded in the dash was a
Following in Don
Quixote’s hoofprints
in theMini Cooper S
convertible
BY GEOFFREY GRAY
SPAIN
