Muelle del Tinto 

     Dear Fran,

     My maestro is a charm. Do you want to know what he has done today? He has given me one of his paintings. It´s a beautiful view of the pier called Muelle del Tinto, you know, that architectural and elegant creation made by the Eiffel´s school according to ones or built buy two English engineers according other ones. I had showed interest in it a couple of time and he might understand I was asking him for the painting; a couple of times, I promise you, were enough and this morning he surprised me with the gift.

     This pier has its own life. It was born because our English compatriots needed to carry mineral from Riotinto —more than eighty kilometres— to the Odiel Bay by train and loading it via this railway track. Its life elapsed since 1875 till 1975 aproximately. It was love at first sight! (I refer to the painting) I live very close this place and when I saw it I always imagined those trains in a long long journey to my origins.

     I was not the only one, however. Pepe, my classmate, has received other painting which depicts a street in a tiny hamlet in Cordova province. With a more little size the work reflects a peaceful and intimate place.

     Now I'm going to stop writing you to attach the picture of my painting.

Muelle del Tinto by C. Dovao

     You will agree to me that it´s a great present!

     Y. a.

     Mary