Convento de Santa Ines Dulces Wood Print

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It's a little bit eerie, a little bit scary, seemingly sinful and illicit, quite archaic, and even a little bit like you are going to confession. That is the process of buying 'dulces' or sweets from the convents in Spain. If you live in Spain, this may be a common transaction, but to anyone in from Texas, it's a totally foreign experience. Many nuns in the convents earn their living selling sweets and confections. Their recipes come from the times of the Romans and Moors, which they have preserved over the ages. This is the Convento de Santa Ines in Sevilla. I enter a very small room with a lazy Susan installed on the wall and I approach the window with trepidation. You never see the nun with whom you do the transaction, since the nuns are cloistered and avoid direct contact with the public. On the wall beside the lazy Susan is a pricelist. I look it over but have no idea what any of the items really are since there aren't any pictures! Then I ring a buzzer on the wall. After a whil...

Protected with PIXSY About Joan Carroll: I am a Fort Worth Texas-based outdoor photographer who feels at home while on the road...in Texas, in the US, around the world. Although travel and photography were dual interests from a young age, the coming of the digital camera provided undreamed of opportunities and unleashed previously untapped creativity. My photographic goal is to travel the world in a curious yet respectful way, taking the time to see and understand the unique story of each place I visit. Wherever I go I want to walk every street, hike every trail, ride the bus or metro, climb every tower, walk around and through every monument, and then do it all over again when the light changes. In every place, light, mood, color, and...