To [Susan Sturgis de Sastre]
PAU.—VUE SUR LA CHAÎNE DES PYRÉNÉES.
Pau, May 8, 1906
I have found this place just what I wanted—delightfully warm and sunny, not too crowded, the gardens in full flower, snow mountains in sight, and nothing to do but stroll and scribble. These three days I have spent mostly in the parks, sitting on some bench, and either reading the papers or writing in my note-book things suggested by my recent discussions with Strong. It has been very nice and restful. Pau is a much more wonderful place than I remembered it to be—most luxuriant and grand at the same time. This photograph doesn’t do the view justice, as the mountains are much higher & nearer than they look here.
From The Letters of George Santayana: Book One, [1868]-1909. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001.
Location of postcard manuscript: Collection of Paloma Sanchez Sastre, Madrid, Spain