round and round",
didn’t John Lennon sing these lyrics?
One evening sitting at Central Bar Cafe Sitges… I look around and see the elderly strolling, taking in the sweet air coming in from the sea, the families, the lovers, the occasional DRAG Queen on her way to work; the musician seeking attention despite the music already filling the atmosphere in competition with his talent, or a duo of mossos wearing their berets stylishly with a 45º tilt across their foreheads (how else is a beret worn?) ensures that all is well in our world.
The whole world sometimes passes through la Placa d’Indusrìa. People-watching in other parts of Sitges is fairly straight forward. However, in la Placa d’Indusrìa you’ll see a variety of humanity. People from the four corners of the Earth walking, kissing, laughing, playing. Men and women, and all who live in between. The gender-benders - and I mean that sincerely. As they say, all the colours of the rainbow - and it’s beautiful to see.
On this splendid occasion, I couldn’t help but wonder... What exactly do tourists see? Something queer and wonderful or simply something strange?
The visiting beachcombers unashamedly walking up arguably the busiest street in town barefoot and half-naked (what are they thinking?) as we gaze at them in disbelief. Of course, not a word, in any language, is said for that matter, not that we can hear.
If you’re in people-watch mode early enough in the mornings you’ll see store owners, deliveries being made, and housewives in house dresses or aprons mopping their portion of the sidewalk, obviously spaces considered to be public extensions of their homes. I know the scene all too well, for it brings back memories of another place and time in my childhood in Antigua, but I digress...
In Sitges during anytime of the year, especially in summer, you’ll live a wide range of sights and little surprises. You see, you aren’t really just an observer. What you haven’t noticed is that you were being seen too, and from time-to-time even observed.
