We're already on our third installment of the Spanish culture segment, working through the alphabet. This month we have C for Castillo (pronounced cas-ti-yo) which means "castle" in English.
Before I ever moved to Spain, I'd already heard of the castles in Spain, because when I lived in France, I learned the snarky expression, "building castles in Spain," as a way to describe dreams or plans that are unrealistic. That expression was coined in the 1300's, but over the past several hundred years, it devolved into our English version as, "building castles in the air." I'm not sure why building castles in Spain was ever seen as an unrealistic project, because there are literally castles EVERYWHERE in this country.
One of my favorite castles is nearby in Segovia (pictured at the top, above); its towers and turrets were part of the inspiration for Walt Disney, when he designed Cinderella's castle. But these turrets also have a distinct spiritual application!