Sitges
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Back from Sitges - and up to date with my notes. The entries for the week gone by, when I had no Internet access, are linked below.
Saturday 21st June : Arrival
…and now whole families - hundreds of them - from grandmother to grandson and everyone in between, sits on doorway stoops, and garden chairs, cutting the buds off newly trimmed flowers and plucking the petals from others… [more]
Sunday 22nd June : Corpus Christi
…The air is filled with luxurious flavours. Freshly mown grass, sprinkled on the street to pick out the details in green; carnations, last night mere buds but now magnificent blooms; coffee and chocolate powder, laid out to form black borders or the spots on monster ladybirds; and a smell familiar from childhood holidays… [more]
Monday 23rd June : Fireworks
…Many would even pop the stick of a rocket into an empty drink can, hold it high above their head and then watch as the flame took hold and carried it away in a streak of red and green sulphur. Others put smaller bangers right inside the cans, which they dumped amid the crowded streets. Seconds later they would explode and the can would all but disappear… [more]
Tuesday 24th June : Barcelona
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