(c) Markku Lindroos   

In Seville's Plaza de España, a beautiful woman dances flamenco to the accompaniment of a guitar. Her red skirt, with its many overlapping folds, is like a blazing flame above her flashing legs. On her hips rests an orange-fringed, floral-patterned shawl, and a large rose blooms in her pitch-black hair.

The morning lingered in the fog. I walked along the Boulevard de la Madeleine toward the old Opera and went to the same café as the previous morning. I ordered an English breakfast with a café americano—which was basically a double espresso, a fried egg with toast, and a pat of hard butter. The cocky waiter didn't give me a...

All the photographs were taken by (c) Markku Lindroos and edited with the help of ChatGpt AI