Catalunya’s carre de Tordera, 2006

Placed 2nd in the Best Decorated Street entry category and 1st for Best Entrance at the Festa Major de Gràcia, 2006.

As I traveled from one street to another and came to a corner, I saw these brilliant yellow displays greeting me.

carre de Tordera, Barcelona, 2006

I knew what these objects were, gears of some sort, but I couldn’t guess their theme. Can you? (Check your answer at the end of this post.)

The sun shone this day but but not here, for Tordera was a street protected by buildings “… and a majestical roof fretted with golden fire” (Hamlet).

carre de Tordera, Barcelona, 2006

I got to carrer Tordera early in the day and as yet there was no activity but for a wandering family possibly looking for the rainbow at the end of the goldenness.

carre de Tordera, Barcelona, 2006

At the opposite side of the street I found the lonely vendor and immediately I thought of Hopper’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams. I hope this conveys the same idea to you.

Anyway, the answer to carrer Tordera’s theme is: watch gears.

But, by this time you probably already had the answer. No?

Enjoy!

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