El Hoogie Boogie al Jardí del Silenci
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This video is a document of my worst tourist transgression during my visit to Barcelona. The worst, that is, that I am at this time willing to post online. Stay tuned.
Gràcia is a lovely neighborhood of Barcelona that I wish I had spent more time in. Living in New York City, the shops and restaurants of Gràcia make me want to equate it to certain neighborhoods in the Village, but Gràcia really has a unique feeling all its own: a sophisticated, family-friendly bohemia that is calming and subtly surprising with a curiosity that you feel inspired to match.
And much of it is reasonably quiet, most of the time.
However, our last stop before we left was El Jardí del Silenci, a wonderful community garden that on that day was also a wonderful source of irony. Across the street from this garden of silence was a very loud musical concert for children that happened to be blaring a Catalan version of the “Hokey Pokey”, “El Hoogie Boogie”. And I couldn't help but put my whole self in everyone’s way and document it all about.
Ei, Hoogie Boogie. D'això es tracta.
In full disclosure, I took poetic license in transposing the best audio segment over another part of the video that was still recorded during the same song. This was done partially for artistic effect, but mostly in order to limit the amount of people who’s privacy I would compromise, still blurring the face of the sole remaining person in the video. So I am the best bad tourist. I deserve an award.
