Street Sounds
Today I woke up to the sounds of drums and horns and children screaming. March 3rd is a holiday in Gracia in which people ride through the streets and make noise and toss candy to anyone who wants it. Kind of like trick-or-treating for the lazy— or masochistic (all hard candy).
It’s better than waking up to the clanking of metals, which is my normal routine. Pilar once explained the reason for this alarm clock: many of the houses here are still running on antique systems, sans pipes, and so gas-tank salesmen walk up and down the streets clanking metal to say gas is here, come and get it.
So, I’m okay with it, because knowing when to get your gas is a worthy cause— right? Oh wait. It’s the 21st century. We have pipes, and better yet, STORES.
