You know how we have signs here saying 16'3" or something similar to advise drivers of trucks, buses, etc. that their vehicle needs to be under that height to get under an upcoming bridge, overhang, etc.? Well, note that in some of these towns with streets and buildings from medieval years or earlier, they not only have to show the height, but the width.
The Segovia aqueduct: 10 miles long; built by the Romans in the 1st or 2nd century; until recently carried water; no mortar. Clearly those Romans knew what they were doing...and this is a geologically stable region.
The last two are in La Mallorquina, ah-h, home of the heavenly napolitanas chocolates. It was always packed, body-to-body stuffed with people. There are no lines. You just sort of shove your way to the counter and place your order louder than the person next to you. I learned this technique from a woman probably in her 70's, several inches shorter than I am, and wearing (what else?) a full-length fur coat.
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